2013-06-19T14:12:07Z Copyright (c) 2013, The RAND Corporation RAND Corporation http://www.rand.org/about/people/k/kilmer_beau.html http://www.rand.org/commentary/2009/10/19/FP.html 2009-10-19T14:03:00Z 2009-10-19T14:03:00Z

The illicit drug trade is the ultimate value-added chain. As cocaine and heroin make their perilous journeys from the fields of Colombia and Afghanistan to markets in U.S. and European cities, each border crossed and each trafficker involved adds dollars to a price, write Beau Kilmer And Peter Reuter.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080327.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite the ubiquity of drug testing in criminal justice settings, there is little experimental evidence suggesting that testing reduces drug use or engenders pro-social behavior. This paper estimates the effect of parolee drug testing on labor and education outcomes with data from a randomized experiment involving 1,958 young parolees.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20090824.html 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Game theory and other simulations show that, if potential criminal offenders are sufficiently deterrable, increasing the conditional probability of punishment (given violation) can reduce the amount of punishment actually inflicted, by "tipping" a situation from its high-violation equilibrium to its low-violation equilibrium.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20080011.html 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

The focus of this essay is on alcohol use among probationers and parolees, but is also explores use of electronic monitoring technologies in other settings, and for other drugs.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/testimonies/CT351.html 2010-09-21T09:16:00Z 2010-09-21T09:16:00Z

Testimony presented before the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee and California State Senate Public Safety Committee on September 21, 2010.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201000188.html 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

This book chapter reviews the literature on the effectiveness of substance use prevention and the effect of substance use on education, employment, and earnings.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100213.html 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z 2011-09-01T00:00:00Z

Having a greater knowledge of the amount of marijuana consumed and produced in each country will sustain substantially informed debates both sides of the border.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9600.html 2011-07-06T10:45:00Z 2011-07-06T10:45:00Z

If all veterans suffering from major depression and posttraumatic stress disorder were to receive evidence-based treatments, policy simulations suggest that cost savings generated would be $138 million (15 percent) over two years.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201200183.html 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z 2012-01-01T12:00:00Z

Trajectories of drug use are usually studied empirically by following over time persons sampled from either the general population (most often youth and young adults) or from heavy or problematic users (e.g., arrestees or those in treatment).

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110057.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study provides descriptive information about 1,655 applicants in California who sought a physician's recommendation for medical marijuana, the conditions for which they sought treatment, and the diagnoses made by the physicians.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP201100107.html 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

This study simulated the social costs and savings of providing universal access to care for depression and PTSD to troops returning from Operations Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR125.html 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z 2004-12-21T12:10:00Z

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR518.html 2008-01-10T01:10:00Z 2008-01-10T01:10:00Z

The U.K. National Audit Office (NAO) commissioned RAND Europe to conduct this review to identify and synthesize international research about the effectiveness of community orders in reducing re-offending.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR711.html 2009-04-21T10:48:00Z 2009-04-21T10:48:00Z

The report generates country-level consumption and retail expenditure estimates for cannabis, heroin, cocaine, and amphetamine-type substances.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9521.html 2010-03-23T16:25:00Z 2010-03-23T16:25:00Z

To better understand illegal drug markets and supply-reduction efforts in the European Union, data on purity-adjusted prices must be collected. Member states can learn more about supply reduction by changing how they report seizure data.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20070913.html 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

User sanctions influence the legal risk for participants in illegal drug markets.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/technical_reports/TR755.html 2010-02-16T16:53:00Z 2010-02-16T16:53:00Z

Based on literature, expert insights, and a conceptual framework, this study identifies a number of recommendations for improving the understanding of illicit drug markets, supply reduction efforts, and drug-related crime in the EU.

http://www.rand.org/commentary/2012/09/13/RAND.html 2012-09-13T00:05:00Z 2012-09-13T00:05:00Z

This November, Washington state, Oregon, and Colorado voters will consider ballot measures to legalize the production, distribution, and possession of marijuana for nonmedical purposes. Even if voters pass these measures at the state level, marijuana will still be prohibited by the federal government, writes Beau Kilmer.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/external_publications/EP20110020.html 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The chemical compounds found in marijuana deserve more attention as efforts to regulate marijuana for medical and recreational use go forward.

http://www.rand.org/pubs/drafts/DRU2948.html 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

Linking Drug Users With Treatment: Admissions Counselors Describe the Barriers