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Mixed Messages: Is Cocaine Consumption in the U.S. Going Up or Down?
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Gregory Midgette
Apr 28, 2017
Brookings - Up Front
Data lags and the elimination of the ADAM program complicate estimates of U.S. cocaine consumption. New users who haven't yet developed cocaine dependence are also a factor. It may be prudent to start planning for an increase in heavy use even before all of the evidence is in.
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Hard Drugs Demand Solid Understanding
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins
Mar 10, 2014
USA Today
Due to budget concerns the federal government just shut down a critical data source that provides insights into abuse, dependence on, and spending on heroin and other hard drugs like crack and methamphetamine.
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Prime Numbers: Doped
Beau Kilmer @BeauKilmer, Peter Reuter
Oct 19, 2009
Foreign Policy
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.
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