Publications on Drug Abuse and Drug Policy
Preliminary assessment of economic impacts of alcohol pricing policy options in the UK — 2011
This study provides evidence on potential economic impact of policies designed to increase the price of alcoholic drinks on consumers, producers and retailers in the UK. Policy-makers used recommendations to implement a new pricing policy.
Altered State? Assessing How Marijuana Legalization in California Could Influence Marijuana Consumption and Public Budgets — 2010
Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a substantial decline in price, but there is much uncertainty about legalization's effect on public budgets and consumption; even minor changes in assumptions lead to major differences in outcomes.
An Assessment of the Scientific Support Underlying the FY2011 Budget Priorities of the Office of National Drug Control Policy — 2010
Testimony presented before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Subcommittee on Domestic Policy on April 14, 2010.
Examining the Impact of Marijuana Legalization on Marijuana Consumption: Insights from the Economics Literature — 2010
Reviews the economics literature which provides insights regarding how legalization of marijuana in California might change consumption and why.
How Might Marijuana Legalization in California Affect Public Budgets and Marijuana Consumption? — 2010
Legalizing marijuana in California would lead to a substantial decline in price, but there is much uncertainty about legalization's effect on public budgets and consumption; even minor changes in assumptions lead to major differences in outcomes.
Assessing Parolees' Health Care Needs and Potential Access to Health Care Services in California — 2009
California parolees' health care, mental health care, and drug- and alcohol-treatment needs, as well as where parolees go when they return to counties, place significant demands on counties' safety-net resources and on their ability meet those needs.
The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate — 2009
The economic cost of methamphetamine use reached more than an estimated $23 billion in 2005, mostly from the intangible burden that addiction places on dependent users and their premature mortality and from crime and criminal justice costs.
The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005 — 2009
The first national estimate of the economic cost of methamphetamine considers burdens of addiction, early death, drug treatment, lost productivity, crime and criminal justice, health care, production and environmental hazards, and child endangerment.
Legalizing Marijuana: Issues to Consider Before Reforming California State Law — 2009
Testimony presented before the California State Assembly Public Safety Committee on October 28, 2009.
Using Outcomes to Assess Teen Substance-Use Treatment Programs -- How Feasible? — 2007
This study explored using outcome data to assess adolescent substance abuse treatment program performance. However, this approach may be problematic. A more promising approach may be to identify quality-of-care indicators for assessing performance.
How Much Can Treatment Reduce National Drug Problems? — 2006
Treatment of drug addiction has been the subject of substantial research and has been found to be both effective and cost-effective.
The Relative Effectiveness of 10 Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs in the United States — 2006
Reports results of interviews of youths treated in 11 adolescent programs that had been identified as having suggestive evidence of effectiveness, to learn whether they had better outcomes than they would have had at other facilities.
Assessing U.S. Drug Problems and Policy: A Synthesis of the Evidence to Date — 2005
The RAND Drug Policy Research Center has published an Occasional Paper offering a concise, accessible, objective view of where the United States has been, now stands, and might go in the future in its long "war on drugs." The authors assess the succe...
How Goes the “War on Drugs”? An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy — 2005
Presents a concise, accessible, objective view of where the United States has been, now stands, and is going in the future in its long “war on drugs.”
Evaluating Substance Abuse Treatment Programs for Adolescent Probationers — 2004
In this study, RAND researchers found that one substance abuse treatment program helped young probationers reduce substance abuse and improve their psychological functioning.
Drug Use and Drug Policy Futures: Insights from a Colloquium — 2003
The approach to futures analysis taken in the RAND colloquium,3Drug Use and Drug Policy Futures,2 held at RAND in August 2002, could be ofreal value in reviewing current drug policy.
An Evaluation of Substance Abuse Treatment Services for Juvenile Probationers at Phoenix Academy of Los Angeles — 2003
In this chapter the authors describe the Phoenix Academy program.
Measuring Global Drug Markets: How Good Are the Numbers and Why Should We Care About Them? — 2002
Measuring Global Drug Markets: How Good Are the Numbers and Why Should We Care About Them?
School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? — 2002
The authors compare the social benefits of school-based prevention programs' long-run impacts on a diverse set of different substances.
Using Marijauna May Not Raise the Risk Of Using Harder Drugs — 2002
A recent analysis by RAND's Drug Policy Research Center (DPRC) suggests that data typically used to support a marijuana gateway effect can be explained as well by a different theory.
What Are the True Benefits of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs? — 2002
This research brief describes work documented in School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? (MR-1459-RWJ).
Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act — 2001
This report synthesizes the findings of a review of the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and assesses options for reforming it.
Options for Restructuring the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act: Report with Background Papers and Focus Group Summary — 2001
This report contains all the outputs of a project undertaken to review the structure and performance of the Safe and Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act (SDFSCA) and to assess options for strengthening it.
Prenatal Cocaine Exposure: Scientific Considerations and Policy Implications — 2001
This report presents an overview of the current state of knowledge regarding the effects of cocaine on the developing brain and offers policy considerations for addressing the issues that arise from cocaine use by pregnant women.
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