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Anticipating Community Drug Problems in Washington, DC, and Portland, Oregon, 1984-1990

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Principal Investigator(s): Harrell, Adele; Powers, Keiko; Hser, Yih-Ing

Summary: This study examined the use of arrestee urinalysis results as a predictor of other community drug problems. A three-stage public health model was developed using drug diffusion and community drug indicators as aggregate measures of individual drug use careers. Monthly data on drug indicators for Washington, DC, and Portland, Oregon, were used to: (1) estimate the correlations of drug problem indicators over time, (2) examine the correlations among indicators at different stages in the spr... (view full summary)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09924.v1

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