Integrating place into research on drug use, drug users’ health, and drug policy

Epilogue: Connecting Drug Policy and Research on Drug Markets

Over the last two decades a substantial body of field research has accumulated describing characteristics of various low-level markets for illicit drugs, primarily cocaine and heroin. At least for a few American cities, a good deal is known about who retails these drugs, the size and stability of the organizations in which they work, their careers, the prices they charge, and the incomes they e...

RAMADAN AND CARDIOVASCULAR DRUG USE

Drug Use and Drug Policy Futures: Insights from a Colloquium

RAND issue papers explore topics of interest to the policymaking community. Although issue papers are formally reviewed, authors have substantial latitude to express provocative views without doing full justice to other perspectives. The views and conclusions expressed in issue papers are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent those of RAND or its research sponsors. © Copyright R...

Drug use trajectory patterns among older drug users

To better understand patterns of drug use trajectories over time, it is essential to have standard measures of change. Our goal here is to introduce measures we developed to quantify change in drug use behaviors. A secondary goal is to provide effective visualizations of these trajectories for applied use. We analyzed data from a sample of 92 older drug users (ages 45 to 65) to identify transit...

Drug Policy Alliance Primer on Reading Research