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The Economics of Drug Selling: A Review of the Research

The Economics of Drug Selling: A Review of the Research

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King, Ryan

The Sentencing Project (Washington, DC)

Published 2003. 5 pages.

The "relative handful of studies that have been able to evaluate the workings of drug markets" are surveyed (p. 1). Findings from three studies address: the average earnings for individuals working in the drug trade; time spent on drug dealing; other employment; and characteristics of drug markets. Accession Number: 019763

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