LEADER 05069nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910220097303321 005 20230725030530.0 010 $a0-8330-5110-5 035 $a(CKB)2670000000067331 035 $a(EBL)669765 035 $a(OCoLC)705012346 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000472629 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11338086 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000472629 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10435208 035 $a(PQKB)11569287 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC669765 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL669765 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10440626 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000067331 100 $a20101006d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico$b[electronic resource] $ewould legalizing marijuana in California help? /$fBeau Kilmer, Jonathan P. Caulkins, Brittany M. Bond 210 $aSanta Monica, Calif. $cRAND$d2010 215 $a1 online resource (127 p.) 225 0 $aOccasional paper Reducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-8330-5107-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references. 327 $aCover; Title Page; Copyright; Preface; Contents; Figures; Tables; Acknowledgments; Abbreviations; CHAPTER ONE: Introduction; CHAPTER TWO: Methods for Estimating Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Drug Revenues; Current Approaches for Estimating the Size of U.S. Drug Markets; Supply-Side Estimates; Demand-Side Estimates; Definitions and Distinctions; Revenues Versus Profits; Prices Along the Supply Chain; CHAPTER THREE: U.S. Marijuana Consumption and Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Revenues from Exporting Marijuana; Total Consumption of Marijuana in the United States 327 $aMexican Marijuana's Share of the U.S. MarketWholesale Marijuana Prices Along the Southwest Border; Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Gross Revenues from Exporting Marijuana to the United States; CHAPTER FOUR: How Might Legalization in California Affect Mexican Drug-Traffic king Organizations' Marijuana Export Revenues?; CHAPTER FIVE: Beyond Marijuana Exports: Insights About Additional Sources of Mexican Drug- Trafficking Organizations' Drug Revenue; Assessing the Claim That 60 Percent of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organization Drug Revenues Are from Marijuana; Background 327 $aThere Is No Empirical Justification for This Figure That Can Be VerifiedSubsequent National Drug Intelligence Center Estimates Reveal Large Uncertainty About These Numbers; The 8.57 Billion Figure for Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Marijuana Revenues Is Not Credible; Exploratory Analysis of Gross Export Revenues for Other Drugs; Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Revenues from Domestic Distribution Within the United States.; Concluding Thoughts; CHAPTER SIX: How Could a Reduction in Marijuana Revenues Influence Mexican Drug-Traffi cking Organizations? 327 $aMexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations: Activities and CapacitiesSources; Characterizing Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations; The Nondrug Activities of Drug-Trafficking Organizations; Analogies; General Principles; CHAPTER SEVEN: Conclusion; Bibliography; Appendix A: A New Estimate of the Weight of a Marijuana Joint; Appendix B: Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Content of Sinsemilla and Mexican Commercial-Grade Marijuana; Appendix C: Marijuana Price Data 327 $aUsing the National Survey on Drug Use and Health to Estimate the Share of Marijuana Purchases That Are Sinsemilla Versus Commercial GradeProportion of Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring Data Purchases That Are as Expensive as Sinsemilla; Wholesale Prices Near the Southwestern U.S. Border; Export Prices; Geography-Specific Information About Marijuana Prices; Appendix D: Exploratory Analysis of Mexican Drug-Trafficking Organizations' Revenues from Other Drugs Exported to the United States 327 $aTotal Spending on Cocaine, Heroin, and Methamphetamine in the United States: Judgmental Updates of Abt's Demand-Side Estimates for the Year 2000 330 $aU.S. demand for illicit drugs creates markets for Mexican drug- trafficking organizations (DTOs) and helps foster violence in Mexico. This paper examines how marijuana legalization in California might influence DTO revenues and the violence in Mexico. 606 $aDrug control$zMexico 606 $aDrug traffic$zMexico 606 $aOrganized crime$zMexico 615 0$aDrug control 615 0$aDrug traffic 615 0$aOrganized crime 700 $aKilmer$b Beau$0924029 701 $aCaulkins$b Jonathan P$0924030 701 $aBond$b Brittany M$0924031 712 02$aRand Corporation. 712 02$aDrug Policy Research Center (U.S.) 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220097303321 996 $aReducing drug trafficking revenues and violence in Mexico$92073714 997 $aUNINA