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Assessment of Two Cost-Effectiveness Studies on Cocaine Control Policy

Charles F. Manski, John V. Pepper, Yonette F. Thomas, Editors

Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs

Committee on Law and Justice

Committee on National Statistics

Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education

National Research Council

NATIONAL ACADEMY PRESS
Washington, DC
1999

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Committee On Data And Research For Policy On Illegal Drugs

CHARLES F. MANSKI (Chair),

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

ALFRED BLUMSTEIN,

H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

RICHARD J. BONNIE,

School of Law, University of Virginia

JEANETTE CONVINGTON,

Department of Sociology, Rutgers University

DENISE C. GOTTFREDSON,

Department of Criminal Justice and Criminology, University of Maryland

PHILIP B. HEYMANN,

Center for Criminal Justice, Harvard University

JOEL L. HOROWITZ,

Department of Economics, University of Iowa

ROBERT J. MACCOUN,

Richard & Rhoda Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley

MARK H. MOORE,

John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University

WILLIAM NORDHAUS,

Department of Economics, Yale University

ROBERT H. PORTER,

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

PAUL R. ROSENBAUM,

Department of Statistics, University of Pennsylvania

JAMES Q. WILSON,

Department of Political Science, University of California, Los Angeles

DARNELL F. HAWKINS (Liaison, Committee on Law and Justice),

African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

YONETTE F. THOMAS, Study Director

JOHN PEPPER, Consultant

KAREN AUTREY, Senior Project Assistant

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Committee On Law And Justice

CHARLES WELLFORD (Chair),

Center for Applied Policy Studies and Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Maryland

RUTH DAVIS,

The Pymatuning Group, Inc., Virginia

DARNELL HAWKINS,

Department of African American Studies, University of Illinois at Chicago

PHILIP HEYMANN,

Center for Criminal Justice, Harvard Law School

CANDACE KRUTTSCHNITT,

Department of Sociology, University of Minnesota

MARK LIPSEY,

Department of Psychology and Human Development, Vanderbilt University

COLIN LOFTIN,

School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany

JOHN MONAHAN,

School of Law, University of Virginia

DANIEL NAGIN,

H. John Heinz III School of Public Policy and Management, Carnegie Mellon University

JOAN PETERSILIA,

School of Social Ecology, University of California, Irvine

PETER REUTER,

School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland

WESLEY SKOGAN,

Center for Urban Affairs, Northwestern University

CATHY SPATZ WIDOM,

Departments of Criminal Justice and Psychology, State University of New York at Albany

KATE STITH,

School of Law, Yale University

MICHAEL TONRY,

School of Law, University of Minnesota

CAROL PETRIE, Study Director

MELISSA BAMBA, Research Associate

KAREN AUTREY, Senior Project Assistant

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Committee On National Statistics 1998-1999

JOHN E. ROLPH (Chair),

Marshall School of Business, University of Southern California

JOSEPH G. ALTONJI,

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

JULIE DAVANZO,

RAND, Santa Monica, California

WILLIAM F. EDDY,

Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University

WILLIAM D. KALSBEEK,

Survey Research Unit, Department of Biostatistics, University of North Carolina

RODERICK J.A. LITTLE,

School of Public Health, University of Michigan

THOMAS A. LOUIS,

Division of Biostatistics, University of Minnesota

CHARLES F. MANSKI,

Department of Economics, Northwestern University

WILLIAM D. NORDHAUS,

Department of Economics, Yale University

JANET L. NORWOOD,

The Urban Institute, Washington, DC

EDWARD B. PERRIN,

Department of Health Services, University of Washington

PAUL R. ROSENBAUM,

Department of Statistics, The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania

FRANCISCO J. SAMANIEGO,

Division of Statistics, University of California, Davis

RICHARD L. SCHMALENSEE,

Sloan School of Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

MIRON L. STRAF, Director

ANDREW A. WHITE, Deputy Director

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Preface

In October of 1997 the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) of the Executive Office of the President requested the National Research Council (NRC) to convene a committee to study the data and research needed for national policy on illegal drugs. The Committee on Data and Research for Policy on Illegal Drugs, formed in early 1998 under the aegis of the NRC's Committee on Law and Justice and Committee on National Statistics, was given the charge to:

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    assess existing data sources and recent research studies that support policy analysis;

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    identify new data and research that may enable the development of more effective means of evaluating the consequences of alternative drug control policies; and

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    explore ways to integrate theory and findings from diverse disciplines to increase understanding of drug abuse and the operation of drug markets.

    The committee began its work in spring 1998 and will, over a 2 1/2-year period, conduct a broad study of data and research to inform drug control policy.

    The charge to the committee gives it substantial discretion on the conduct of the study. ONDCP did, however, make one specific request: that the committee, early in its work, assess two recent cost-effectiveness studies on cocaine control policy. The two studies—by RAND and the

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    Institute for Defense Analyses (IDA)—have starkly different methodologies and conclusions and have drawn considerable attention. In connection with its work, the committee hosted a public Workshop on Cost-Effectiveness Studies in June 1998. At the workshop, authors of the two studies presented their work, responded to questions, and offered their general perspectives.

    This report presents the committee's review and assessment of the RAND and IDA studies. The immediate purpose of the report is to evaluate the degree to which these two studies effectively inform cocaine control policy. In the longer term, the report sets a context for the committee's future deliberations about the data and research needed to support analysis and development of drug control policy.

    Many people made generous contributions to the work of the committee. We thank the authors and presenters of the two reports, Susan Everingham, Jonathan Caulkins, Barry Crane, and A. Rex Rivolo, who attended the Workshop on Cost-Effectiveness Studies, answered our many questions, and provided background material. Also, we thank Christopher Sims of the Yale University Department of Economics, Jeffrey Grogger and Mark Kleiman of the University of California, Los Angeles, School of Public Policy and Social Research, Robert Moffit of the Johns Hopkins University Department of Economics, and John Geweke of the University of Minnesota Department of Economics for their theoretical and methodological insights.

    We also thank Eugenia Grohman, associate director for reports of the Commission on Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, for her ever-important editorial support and Karen Autrey, our senior project assistant, for her organizational assistance and logistical support.

    This report has been reviewed in draft form by individuals chosen for their diverse perspectives and technical expertise, in accordance with procedures approved by the NRC's Report Review Committee. The purpose of this independent review is to provide candid and critical comments that will assist the institution in making the published report as sound as possible and to ensure that the report meets institutional standards for objectivity, evidence, and responsiveness to the study charge. The review comments and draft manuscript remain confidential to protect the integrity of the deliberative process.

    We thank the following individuals for their participation in the review of this report: David S. Cordray, Institute for Public Policy Studies, Vanderbilt University; Stephen Fienberg, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; Arthur S. Goldberger, Department of Economics, University of Wisconsin; Joel B. Greenhouse, Department of Statistics, Carnegie Mellon University; Herbert Kleber, National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Columbia University; Lester B. Lave,

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    Graduate School of Industrial Administration, Carnegie Mellon University; Philip R. Lee, Institute for Health Policy Studies, University of California, San Francisco; Colin Loftin, School of Criminal Justice, State University of New York at Albany; Henry W. Riecken, Professor of Behavioral Sciences, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine (emeritus); and Thomas C. Schelling, School of Public Affairs, University of Maryland.

    Although the individuals listed above have provided constructive comments and suggestions, it must be emphasized that responsibility for the final content of this report rests entirely with the authoring committee and the institution.

    Finally, as we begin the major phase of work, on the broad questions of illegal drug policies, we are happy to welcome two new members: James C. Anthony, at the Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine, and Charles O'Brien, at the Treatment Research Center, University of Pennsylvania. Their expertise are valuable additions for the committee's continuing work.

    CHARLES F. MANSKI, CHAIR

    YONETTE F. THOMAS, STUDY DIRECTOR

    COMMITTEE ON DATA AND RESEARCH FOR POLICY ON ILLEGAL DRUGS

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