Taking Drugs Seriously

This paper applies the rational addiction model to the demand for cocaine by young adults in the Monitoring the Future panel. The price of cocaine is added to this survey from the Drug Enforcement Administration's System to Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence. Results suggest that annual participation and frequency of use given participation are negatively related to the price of cocaine. In addition, current participation (frequency) is positively related to past and future participation (frequency). The long-run price elasticity of total consumption (participation multiplied by frequency given participation) of -1.35 is substantial.

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“…1 See Reuter and Kleiman (1986), Kaplan (1988), Tregarthen (1989), and Kleiman (1992) for rough estimates of these reductions.…”

Section: V Discussionmentioning

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The demand for cocaine by young adults: a rational addiction approach

Grossman

Chaloupka

1998

Journal of Health Economics

221

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“…Canton's city council unanimously backed funding the county's Metropolitan Narcotics Unit, with black councilman Edward Coleman proclaiming that people do not understand the squad's importance "until you see them in action." 42 Raids had a satisfying performative quality-signals of government seriousness-even when they failed to produce results.…”

Section: From Cocaine To Crackmentioning

confidence: 99%

Crack and Criminal Justice in Canton, Ohio, 1987–1999: “The Drug Problem has Created a Monster”

Cooley

2021

J. Policy Hist.

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The rise of crack cocaine in the late 1980s propelled the war on drugs. The experience of Canton, Ohio, shows how the response to crack solidified mass incarceration. A declining industrial city of 84,000 people in northeast Ohio with deep-seated racial divides, it was overwhelmed by aggressive, enterprising crack dealers from outside the city. In response, politicians and residents united behind the strategy of incessant arrests and drastic prison sentences. The law-enforcement offensive worsened conditions while pursuing African Americans at blatantly disproportionate rates, but few people engaged in reframing the drug problem. Instead, a punitive citizenry positioned punishment as the principal remedy. The emergency foreclosed on more comprehensive assessments of the city’s tribulations, while the criminal justice system emerged as the paramount institution.

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“…Depuis quelques années, les policiers de certaines villes américaines ont fait des analyses d'urine d'individus arrêtés pour des délits sérieux non directement reliés à la drogue. Il en ressort qu'entre 58 et 74% d'entre eux ont des résidus de cocaïne ou d'héroïne dans leur organisme (Kaplan, 1988). Deux détenus américains sur cinq reconnaissent qu'ils étaient sous l'influence d'une drogue illégale ou qu'ils étaient ivres au moment de commettre leur délit.…”

Section: L'unité Et La Diversité Du Phénomèneunclassified

Déviance

Cusson¹

2006

Classiques Des Sciences Sociales.

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The demand for cocaine by young adults: a rational addiction approach

The demand for cocaine by young adults: a rational addiction approach

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