Cost-Benefit Analyses of Investments to Control Illicit Substance Abuse and Addiction
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This paper gives an overview of what is known concerning illicit drug control interventions’ “return on investment” performance from a social planner’s perspective. It is organized by broad type of intervention (supply control, prevention, treatment, harm reduction, and integration across intervention types). The discussion is primarily UScentric, with somewhat greater reliance on international literature vis a vis harm reduction.
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