Estimation of Cocaine Availability

The 1998 National Drug Control Strategy specified goals & objectives that will guide the government's anti-drug program over the next decade, with the goal of reducing the supply of & the demand for illicit drugs by 50% by the year 2007. One critical input is a reliable estimate of cocaine availability at various points in cocaine's flow from source to the U.S. This report discusses the Sequential Transition & Reduction (STAR) model that goes well beyond predecessor flow models & provides the best current basis for measuring the flow of cocaine from producer nations through to the U.S. It breaks cocaine movement into a series of stagesÓ based on cultivation, production, transportation, & marketing. Charts & tables.Cala, Michael is the author of 'Estimation of Cocaine Availability', published 2003 under ISBN 9780756735142 and ISBN 0756735149.