| Effect of Control Programs on the Number of Cocaine Users | ||
|---|---|---|
| Control Program | Cost of a 1% Decrease
in Cocaine Users per year |
Ratio of Program Cost
to Treatment Cost |
| Source-country control | $2,062,000,000 | 13.3 |
| Interdiction | 964,000,000 | 6.2 |
| Domestic enforcement | 675,000,000 | 4.4 |
| Treatment | 155,000,000 | +1.0 |
Source
Rydell, C.P. & Everingham, S.S., Controlling Cocaine, Prepared for the Office of National Drug Control Policy and the United States Army (Santa Monica, CA: Drug Policy Research Center, RAND Corporation, 1994), p. 36.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/mono…
