What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 1988-1995

By Kelly, William R.

Book Id: WPLBN0000068793
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Reproduction Date: 2005

Title:	What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 1988-1995
Author:	Kelly, William R.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Government publications, Legislation., Economic & political studies
Collections:	Government Library Collection, Government Printing Office
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Publisher:	Government Printing Office


Citation APA MLA Chicago Kelly, W. R. (n.d.). What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs, 1988-1995. Retrieved from http://self.gutenberg.org/

Description
Government Reference Publication

Excerpt
Excerpt: As part of an ongoing project to determine how much Americans spend on illegal drugs, this report focuses on the amount and retail sales value of cocaine, heroin, marijuana, and other illegal drugs Americans consumed from 1988 through 1995. The methodology used to make these estimates has evolved and improved since the first report in 1991. This year’s estimates of illicit drug expenditures are appreciably higher than previous years for two reasons. The first is that improved methodology for estimating the number of drug users suggests there were more hardcore users during 1988 through 1995 than were estimated in previous retail sales reports. The second major difference results from using the consumer price index to inflate past year expenditures on cocaine, heroin, marijuana and other illicit drugs.

Table of Contents
Contents Executive Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 What America’s Users Spend on Illegal Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 1 Consumption Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Cocaine and Heroin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 The Number of Cocaine and Heroin Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Average Amount Spent on Cocaine and Heroin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Total Expenditures on Cocaine and Heroin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 How the Estimates are Affected by Varying the Assumptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Accounting for Income in Kind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 How Much Cocaine and Heroin is Consumed? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Marijuana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Number of Marijuana Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Average Number of Joints Used Each Month . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Average Amount of Marijuana Used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Price . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Total Consumption Estimates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Other Drugs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2 The Supply Approach . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cocaine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Cocaine Production . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Figure 1: Cocaine Production and Distribution Process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Figure 2: Worldwide Cocaine Flow, 1994 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Figure 3: Worldwide Cocaine Flow, 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Cocaine Transshipment (Box G) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 The U.S. Cocaine Market (Box H) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Heroin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Marijuana . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Legitimately Manufactured Control