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The Costs of Methamphetamine Use: A National Estimate 2009
The Economic Cost of Methamphetamine Use in the United States, 2005 2009
RAND Review: Vol. 32, No. 2, Summer 2008 2008
Sustaining the Ability to Design Nuclear Submarines 2007
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities: Executive Summary 2007
Sustaining U.S. Nuclear Submarine Design Capabilities 2007
Impacts of the Fleet Response Plan on Surface Combatant Maintenance 2006
Assessing U.S. Drug Problems and Policy: A Synthesis of the Evidence to Date 2005
Differences Between Military and Commercial Shipbuilding: Implications for the United Kingdom’s Ministry of Defence 2005
Diversifying the Customer Base for Shipbuilding in the United Kingdom 2005
How Goes the “War on Drugs”? An Assessment of U.S. Drug Problems and Policy 2005
Modernizing the U.S. Aircraft Carrier Fleet: Accelerating CVN 21 Production Versus Mid-Life Refueling 2005
Options for Reducing Costs in the United Kingdom’s Future Aircraft Carrier (CVF) Programme 2005
Protecting Commercial Aviation Against the Shoulder-Fired Missile Threat 2005
Reducing the Cost of Aircraft Carrier Acquisition 2005
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base, Volume 1: Sustaining Design and Production Resources 2005
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base, Volume 2: Ministry of Defence Roles and Required Technical Resources 2005
The United Kingdom’s Nuclear Submarine Industrial Base, Volume 3: Options for Initial Fuelling 2005
The Use of Immunotherapies and Sustained-Release Formulations in the Treatment of Drug Addiction: Will Current Law Support Coercion? 2004
What We Can--And Cannot--Expect from School-Based Drug Prevention 2004
Drug Use and Drug Policy Futures: Insights from a Colloquium 2003
Hospital Care for the Uninsured in Miami-Dade County: Hospital Finance and Patient Travel Patterns 2002
Options for Funding Aircraft Carriers 2002
Refueling and Complex Overhaul of the USS Nimitz (CVN 68): Lessons for the Future 2002
School-Based Drug Prevention: What Kind of Drug Use Does It Prevent? 2002
What Are the True Benefits of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs? 2002
Assessing Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Intervention Programs: Overview and Applications to the Starting Early, Starting Smart Program: Executive Summary 2001
The California Wellness Foundation’s Violence Prevention Initiative Findings from an Evaluation of the First Five Years 2001
Drug Offenders and the Criminal Justice System: Will Proposition 36 Treat or Create Problems? 2000
Response to the National Research Council's Assessment of RAND's "Controlling Cocaine" Study 2000
The Benefits and Costs of Drug Use Prevention: Clarifying a Cloudy Issue 1999
An Ounce of Prevention, a Pound of Uncertainty: The Cost-Effectiveness of School-Based Drug Prevention Programs 1999
Securing the U.S. Defense Information Infrastructure: A Proposed Approach 1999
Are mandatory minimum drug sentences cost-effective? 1998
Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: Measuring Costs and Benefits 1998
Early Childhood Interventions: Benefits, Costs, and Savings 1998
Education and the New Economy : A Policy Planning Exercise 1998
Education and the New Economy: A Policy Planning Exercise 1998
Investing in Our Children: What We Know and Don't Know About the Costs and Benefits of Early Childhood Interventions 1998
A Tool for Evaluating Force Modernization Options 1998
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier Industrial Base: Force Structure, Cost, Schedule, and Technology Issues for CVN77 1998
The Global Hawk Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Acquisition Process: A Summary of Phase I Experience 1997
Mandatory Minimum Drug Sentences: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money? 1997
Diverting Children from a Life of Crime: What Are the Costs and Benefits? 1996
An Experimental Evaluation of Drug Testing and Treatment Intervention for Probationers in Maricopa County, Arizona 1996
A Framework for Precision Conventional Strike in Post-Cold War Military Strategy 1996
Naval Research, Development, and Technology: Deciding What to Buy and How to Buy It 1995
Priority-Setting and Strategic Sourcing in the Naval Research, Development, and Technology Infrastructure 1995
California's New Three-Strikes Law: Benefits, Costs, and Alternatives 1994
Should Further U.S. Submarine Production Be Postponed? 1994
Three Strikes and You’re Out: Estimated Benefits and Costs of California’s New Mandatory-Sentencing Law 1994
The U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost, Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures: Executive Summary 1994
The U.S. Submarine Production Base: An Analysis of Cost, Schedule, and Risk for Selected Force Structures 1994
Issues in Materiel Distribution: A Background Note 1989
Guidelines for Estimating the Costs of Demonstration Waivers to Medicare and Medicaid 1986

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