The RAND Corporation And Drugs

Original posting, September 2006

According to the  RAND Corporation (Research ANd Development), a study claimed it is 23 times more cost-effective, when it comes to reducing consumption of drugs, to treat heavy cocaine users than trying to cut the supply source.

• Useful study to refer to when making a case to sustain the drug trade.

The RAND Corporation. A Profile

There are always long queues of desperate (drug free) new users coming through the door so that while diverting resources to treating the current stock of problems the new stock mounts up as the production and supply remains healthy.


Common sense dictates to kill the source, then deal with the problem. The approach should be to deal with the root of a problem and the symptoms then go away. The approach would actually cause the problem and followed by the solution and is a classic example of seeming to do something, but in effect doing nothing about the problem. By only treating the symptoms, the problem can return, but only much worse as a healthier and more lucrative trade.

Wonderful stuff that support an
interest in making this evil
trade grow and grow.