| Article ID: | iaor20003605 |
| Country: | United States |
| Volume: | 44 |
| Issue: | 5 |
| Start Page Number: | 687 |
| End Page Number: | 695 |
| Publication Date: | Sep 1996 |
| Journal: | Operations Research |
| Authors: | Caulkins J.P., Rydell C.P., Everingham S.S. |
| Keywords: | drugs |
This paper presents a model that estimates the relative cost-effectiveness of four cocaine-control programs: three ‘supply control’ programs (source-country control, interdiction, and domestic enforcement) and a ‘demand control’ program (treating heavy users). Treatment emerges as by far the most cost-effective, and sensitivity analyses show that this result is very robust.