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A system description of the cocaine trade / Bonnie Dombey-Moore, Susan Resetar, Michael Childress.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Dombey-Moore, Bonnie, 1957-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Cocaine industry--United States--Statistics.
- Cocaine industry.
- Cocaine industry--United States--Mathematical models.
- Cocaine--Processing--Statistics.
- Cocaine.
- Cocaine--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xiii, 89 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Santa Monica, CA : RAND Corporation, 1994.
- Summary:
- Gaps and inconsistencies in the picture of the cocaine trade increase the difficulty of making good choices about resource allocation and drug-fighting strategies. They also make it more difficult to evaluate the effectiveness of existing policies. This report documents a computer spreadsheet-based "systems description" for the cocaine trade that is a combination of database and analytical tool. Its structure allows users to substitute their own data or assumptions about parameters while preserving consistency or "conservation of mass" throughout the system. Three systems spreadsheets mirror the general pattern of the cocaine trade: production, international transportation, and U.S. distribution. In addition, a longitudinal database provides primarily production-related data from 1984 through 1990.
- Notes:
- "Prepared for the United States Army, Air Force [and] RAND's Drug Policy Research Center."
- "Arroyo Center [and] Project Air Force [and] Drug Policy Research Center."
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