A System Description of the Cocaine Trade

A comprehensive accounting framework for estimating the quantities and flows of drugs would go a long way in providing such an understanding. To this end, RAND has developed-and this report documents-a computer spreadsheet- based 'system description' for the cocaine trade. This system desc...

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Main Authors: Dombey-Moore, Bonnie, Resetar, Susan, Childress, Michael
Format: Report
Language:English
Subjects:
ACCOUNTING
COCAINE
COMMERCE
COMPUTERS
DATA BASES
DISTRIBUTION
DRUG SMUGGLING
ECONOMICS
Economics and Cost Analysis
HEROIN
ILLEGAL DRUGS
INFORMATION PROCESSING
Organic Chemistry
Pharmacology
PRODUCTION
SPREADSHEETS
TRANSPORTATION
TROPANE ALKALOIDS
UNITED STATES
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Summary:A comprehensive accounting framework for estimating the quantities and flows of drugs would go a long way in providing such an understanding. To this end, RAND has developed-and this report documents-a computer spreadsheet- based 'system description' for the cocaine trade. This system description serves as a database and an analytical tool. It consists of four interrelated spreadsheets-a database and three others that mirror the general pattern of the heroin trade: production, transportation, and U.S. distribution. The database provides primarily production-related data from 1985 through 1991. This report also provides detailed information on how to use the model. The spreadsheets are available for either IMB (DOS) or Apple-based machines upon request to RAND. Sponsored in part by the U.S. Air Force.