Should the DEA's STRIDE data be used for economic analyses of markets for illegal drugs?
Should the DEA's STRIDE data be used for economic analyses of markets for illegal drugs?
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DOI：
10.1198/016214501753381904
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发表时间：
2001-12-01
影响因子：
3.7
通讯作者：
Horowitz, JL
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作者：
Horowitz, JL
美国缉毒局从毒品证据中检索信息的系统(STRDE)数据包含了缉毒局和哥伦比亚特区大都会警察局的卧底特工和线人获取非法毒品的记录。这些数据被广泛用于非法毒品市场的经济分析。STRIDE数据主要是为支持刑事调查而进行的收购记录，而不是可识别人口的随机样本。本文提供的证据表明，有关可卡因和海洛因价格的STRIDE数据不能代表这些毒品的市场价格。具体地说，从STRIDE的不同子集获得的价格估计值之间存在很大差异。结论是，STRIDE不是经济和政策分析的可靠价格数据来源，因为经济和政策分析需要准确衡量价格水平和变化。
The United States Drug Enforcement Administration's (DEA's) System to Retrieve Information from Drug Evidence (STRIDE) data contain records of acquisitions of illegal drugs by undercover agents and informants of the DEA and Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia. These data are widely used in economic analyses of markets for illegal drugs. The STRIDE data are mainly records of acquisitions made to support criminal investigations and are not a random sample of an identifiable population. This article presents evidence that the STRIDE data on cocaine and heroin prices are not representative of market prices for those drugs. Specifically, there are large differences among price estimates obtained from different subsets of STRIDE. It is concluded that STRIDE is not a reliable source of price data for economic and policy analyses that require accurate measures of price levels and variations.