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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Jun 10.
Published in final edited form as: Am Econ Rev. 2009 Mar 1;99(1):324–349. doi: 10.1257/aer.99.1.324

Data Sources

Data source Agency Data elements
System to Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence (STRIDE) US Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) Drug prices, purchases, and seizures
Arrestee Drug Abuse Monitoring (ADAM), formerly Drug Use Forecasting (DUF) United States Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice (USDOJ-NIJ) Survey and drug tests of arrestee population
Uniform Crime Reporting Program (CDOJ) California Department of Justice, Criminal Justice Statistics Center (CDOJ-CJSC) Reported crime and arrest counts
California Alcohol and Drug Data System (CADDS) California Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs (CADP) Treatment admissions
California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development, California Hospital Discharge Data (OSPHD) California Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSPHD) Hospital admissions
Census County Population by Race and Ethnicity (Census) US Census Bureau (Census) County population by race and ethnicity