The Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs: 1981-2007

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Abstract:

This paper updates estimates of the price and purity of selected illicit drugs powder cocaine, crack cocaine, heroin, d-methamphetamine, and marijuana published by the Office of National Drug Control Policy ONDCP in 2004. The time period spanned by the present analyses is 1981 through 2007, adding 18 quarters onto the extent covered in the preceding report. All estimates are derived from records in the System To Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence STRIDE database maintained by the Drug Enforcement Administration, and furnished to IDA by ONDCP. STRIDE data records, more than a million in number, are based on seizures and undercover purchases of illicit drugs. As directed by ONDCP, the primary estimation methodology for generating our price and purity time series is essentially identical to the formal econometric modeling approach used in the 2004 study. This paper is accompanied by a Technical Report, IDA Paper P-4370, which provides supporting and related analyses.

Author(s):
Fries, Arthur ; Anthony, Robert W. ; Cseko, Jr, Andrew ; Gaither, Carl C. ; Schulman, Eric
Author Organization(s):
INSTITUTE FOR DEFENSE ANALYSES ALEXANDRIA VA
Descriptive Note:
Final rept. Mar 2006-Jul 2008
Supplementary Note:
The original document contains color images.
Pagination:
0152

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DOCUMENT & CONTEXTUAL SUMMARY

Distribution:
Approved For Public Release
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release; Distribution Is Unlimited.

RECORD

Collection: TR
Identifying Numbers
Report Number(s):
IDA-P-4369, IDA/HQ-08-001215
Contract/Grant Number(s):
DASW01-04-C-0003
Monitor Series:
08-001215, ONDCP/EOP
 Subject Terms
Joint Capability Areas:
JCA_5_Command and Control; JCA_5.3_Planning; JCA_2.4.2_Evaluation; JCA_2.4.3_Interpretation; JCA_2.4.4_Prediction; JCA_2_Battlespace Awareness; JCA_2.4_Analysis Prediction and Production; JCA_8_Building Partnerships; JCA_8.2_Shape; JCA_5.3.3_Develop Strategy; JCA_5.3.4_Develop Courses of Action; JCA_5.3.5_Analyze Courses of Action; JCA_1.2.5_Lessons Learned; JCA_1.4.1_Force Health Protection; JCA_1.4_Force Support; JCA_8.2.4_Leverage Capacities and Capabilities of Security Establishments; JCA_6_Net Centric; JCA_8.2.1_Partner with Governments and Institutions; JCA_6.1_Information Transport; JCA_3_Force Application; JCA_3.2_Engagement
Communities of Interest:
Biomedical
Descriptor(s):
*COSTS, *DRUGS, *PURITY, HEROIN, AMPHETAMINES, COCAINE, CANNABIS, ESTIMATES, ECONOMETRICS
Field(s)/Group(s):
Pharmacology
Keyword(s):
ILLICIT DRUGS, POWDER COCAINE, CRACK COCAINE, STRIDE(SYSTEM TO RETRIEVE INFORMATION FROM DRUG EVIDENCE), D METHAMPHETAMINE
Report Date:
2008 Oct 01
Creation Date:
2011 Jun 08