Executive Summary
What America's Users Spend on Illegal Drugs
- Consumption Approach
Cocaine and Heroin
The Number of Cocaine and Heroin Users
Average Amount Spent on Cocaine and Heroin
Total Expenditures on Cocaine and Heroin
How the Estimates are Affected by Varying
the Assumptions
Accounting for Income in Kind
How Much Cocaine and Heroin is Consumed?
Marijuana
Number of Marijuana Users
Average Number of Joints Used Each Month
Average Amount of Marijuana Used
Price
Total Consumption Estimates
Other Drugs
Conclusion
- The Supply Approach
Cocaine
Cocaine Production
Cocaine Transshipment
The U.S. Cocaine Market
Heroin
Marijuana
Legitimately Manufactured Controlled Substances and Illicitly Manufactured
Dangerous Drugs
Price and Purity of Illicit Drugs
- Summary
Endnotes
Appendix
Appendix A: Estimating Hardcore Heroin Users
Appendix B: Estimating Typical Expenditures on Drug Consumption
Appendix C: Drug Prices
Appendix D: Imputations for Missing Data on Marijuana Use
Prepared for
The Office of National Drug Control Policy
Prepared by
William Rhodes, Ph.D.
Stacia Langenbahn
Ryan Kling
Paul Scheiman
