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... The study will include exploration of research issues associated with drug demand and what is needed to learn more about what drives demand in the United States. The committee will specifically address the following issues: 1.
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... Each of the topics just noted involves very large fields of well-developed research, and each has been reviewed elsewhere. Moreover, each of those areas of inquiry is currently expanding as a result of new research initiatives (such as the National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions and the Community Epidemiology Work Group of the National Institute on Drug Abuse)
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... However, there are difficulties inherent in measuring individual illegal drug use -- a covert behavior that occurs outside the framework of legal markets. The problem is further complicated by the heterogeneity of drug use: there are major differences between a large number of occasional users who do not satisfy formal diagnostic criteria for abuse or dependence and smaller groups of regular and frequent users of heroin, cocaine, and amphetamine who meet dependence criteria.
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... The committee endorses the recommendation of a previous NRC committee for the National Institute on Drug Abuse to find ways to provide wider research access to the MTF data. Indicator Systems There have been major losses of indicator systems in recent years, especially the Arrestee Drug Abuse and Monitoring (ADAM)
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... The United States has developed strong data systems that shed light on illegal drug markets, but they are incomplete. Given the tens of bil lions of dollars spent annually to address the social harms associated with illegal drug use, policy makers and the public stand to gain significantly with improved data systems and research that will allow them to assess the value of those expenditures.
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