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Optimal Drug Policy in Low-Income Neighborhoods.


ABSTRACT: The control of drug activity currently favors supply-side policies: drug suppliers in the U.S. face a higher arrest rate and longer sentences than demanders. We construct a simple model of drug activity with search and entry frictions in labor and drug markets. Our calibration analysis suggests a strong "dealer replacement effect." As a result, given a variety of community objectives, it is beneficial to lower supplier arrests and raise the demand arrest rate from current values. A 10% shift from supply-side to demand-side arrests can reduce the population of potential drug dealers by 22-25,000 and raise aggregate local income by $380-400 million, at 2002 prices. (JEL Classification: D60, J60, K42, H70).

SUBMITTER: Chang SW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5014442 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Optimal Drug Policy in Low-Income Neighborhoods.

Chang Sheng-Wen SW   Coulson N Edward NE   Wang Ping P  

Journal of public economic theory 20160311 5


The control of drug activity currently favors supply-side policies: drug suppliers in the U.S. face a higher arrest rate and longer sentences than demanders. We construct a simple model of drug activity with search and entry frictions in labor and drug markets. Our calibration analysis suggests a strong "dealer replacement effect." As a result, given a variety of community objectives, it is beneficial to lower supplier arrests and raise the demand arrest rate from current values. A 10% shift fro  ...[more]

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