A Plan for Estimating the Number of Hardcore Drug Users in the United States Preliminary Findings

By Simeone, Ronald

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Title:	A Plan for Estimating the Number of Hardcore Drug Users in the United States Preliminary Findings
Author:	Simeone, Ronald
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Language:	English
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Acknowledgments: The members of the National Panel of Scientific Experts who reviewed our work- Douglas Anglin, William Ellis, Christopher Flinn, Wilhemina Leigh, David Nurco and Rosita Thomas- gave generously of their time, and their guidance contributed much to the quality of the final product. John Carnevale, the Director of Planning and Budget at the Office of National Drug Control Policy, provided continued support for the project.

Table of Contents
TABLE OF CONTENTS ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . iii OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1. LIMITATIONS OF EXISTING SURVEY RESEARCH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 1. Addressing The Problems Of Veracity And Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. ANALYTIC APPROACH . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 1. Estimating n, The Rate At Which Events Are Generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 2. Estimating N, The Number Of Events Generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 3. SITE SELECTION, RESPONDENT SELECTION, AND WEIGHTING . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 1. Site Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 2. Respondent Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 3. Weighting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 4. FINDINGS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 1. Characteristics Of n, The Rate At Which Events Are Generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 2. Characteristics Of N, The Number Of Events Generated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 3. Characteristics Of H, The Number Of Hardcore Drug Users . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 4. Discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 BIBLIOGRAPHY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 APPENDICES A. A Stochastic Model Of Hardcore Drug Use B. The Screener Instrument C. The Life History Interview Instrument D. Analysis Of The Hair Assay Data