A System Description of the Marijuana Trade

Abstract

A comprehensive accounting framework for estimating the quantities and flows of drugs would go a long way toward providing that understanding. To this end, RAND has developed-and this report documents-a computer spreadsheet- based system description of the quantity and flow of marijuana from cultivation, through international transportation, to domestic distribution, and ultimately to consumption. This system description can serve 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 marijuana trade: production, transportation, and U.S. distribution. The database provides primarily production related data from 1985 through 1991. This report provides user information for the model. The spreadsheets are available for either IBM (DOS) or Apple-based machines upon request to RAND.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 1994
Accession Number
ADA282675

Entities

People

  • Michael Childress

Organizations

  • RAND Corporation

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Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Accuracy
  • Aircrafts
  • Asia
  • Commerce
  • Drug Abuse
  • Drug Trafficking
  • Governments
  • Law Enforcement
  • National Security
  • New York
  • Public Policy
  • Security
  • Southeast Asia
  • Spreadsheet Software
  • Street Drugs
  • Transportation
  • United States

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