U.S. Consumer Spending on Illegal Drugs, 1988-1998

William Rhodes authored this dataset on consumer expenditures for illegal drugs in the United States. The data covers the period from 1988 to 1998. It is hosted on the Papers with Code platform, which tags it with topics including Criminology, Psychology, and Business.

Use Cases

• Modeling temporal trends in illicit drug market expenditure (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Correlating drug spending data with other socioeconomic indicators (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Forecasting potential demand or market size for policy analysis (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on the Papers with Code platform.
• Covers a defined 11-year time range (1988-1998).
• Authored by a named individual, William Rhodes.

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download.
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download.
• License is listed as 'closed', which may restrict usage.

Provenance

Source

William Rhodes

Collection Method

unknown

Time Range

1988-1998

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown; freshness unverified.

Geography

United States