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"Treatment is more effective than law enforcement" appeared in The New Republic in 1999. The ad summarizes research conducted by the respected RAND Drug Policy Research Center.
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The graph at right illustrates that treating heavy cocaine users could reduce consumption by 103 kilograms per extra million dollars. |
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Additional treatment is 4 times more effective than adding law enforcement and 8 times more effective than increasing sentences in reducing cocaine use. Source: Throwing Away the Key or the Taxpayers' Money? (1997), RAND Corp | |
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The graph compares the cost of reducing cocaine consumption by 1% nationally with 4 different strategies. Because it actually reduces the demand for cocaine and the societal costs of drug use without requiring massive prison spending: Added drug treatment is 15 times more effective than law enforcement at reducing the societal costs of cocaine use. Source: Controlling Cocaine: Supply Vs. Demand Programs. (1994), RAND Corp. |
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