Climbing the Drug Staircase: A Bayesian Analysis of the Initiation of Hard Drug Use

IZA

This 41-page discussion paper uses a Bayesian estimation and predictive framework to analyze the effects and relative importance of previous cannabis use, proneness and accessibility factors on hard drug initiation and to explore potential policy implications, using data from a unique recent survey of young adults in Norway

Anne Line Bretteville-Jensen, Liana Jacobi

Drug Abuse Posted: 2008-12-18

Climbing the Drug Staircase: A Bayesian Analysis of the Initiation of Hard Drug Use