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If Drug Treatment Works So Well, Why Are So Many Drug Users in Prison?

In: Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs

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  • Harold Pollack
  • Peter Reuter
  • Eric Sevigny

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  • Harold Pollack & Peter Reuter & Eric Sevigny, 2010. "If Drug Treatment Works So Well, Why Are So Many Drug Users in Prison?," NBER Chapters, in: Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, pages 125-160, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
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    1. Anirban Basu & A. David Paltiel & Harold A. Pollack, 2008. "Social costs of robbery and the cost‐effectiveness of substance abuse treatment," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 17(8), pages 927-946, August.
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    1. Jonathan P. Caulkins, 2010. "Comment on "If Drug Treatment Works so Well, Why Are so many Drug Users in Prison?"," NBER Chapters, in: Controlling Crime: Strategies and Tradeoffs, pages 160-165, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.

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