Beau Kilmer
1776 Main Street, P.O. Box 2138
Santa Monica, CA 90407-2138
e: kilmer @ rand dot org p: (310) 393-0411 x6005 twitter: @BeauKilmer
EDUCATION
Harvard University, Kennedy School of Government/GSAS, Ph.D. in Public Policy, 2007
University of California—Berkeley, Goldman School of Public Policy, M.P.P., 2000
Michigan State University, James Madison College, B.A. with High Honor, 1998
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
RAND, Senior Policy Researcher, May 2011—Present
RAND, Co-Director of the RAND Drug Policy Research Center, September 2008—Present
RAND, Full Policy Researcher, May 2009—May 2011
RAND, Associate Policy Researcher, July 2007—May 2009
RAND, Adjunct Staff, May 1997—October 2003; June 2006—July 2007
National Bureau of Economic Research, Research Assistant, January 2004—June 2006
Harvard University, Research Assistant, May 2003—September 2003
Superior Court of California, San Francisco, Administrative Analyst, October 2001—August 2002
Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Visiting Scientist, July 2001
FELLOWSHIPS & AWARDS
National Highway Traffic Safety Administration Public Service Award, 2016
Honourable Mention, Behavioural Exchange Award for Outstanding Research (Shared with Paul
Heaton, Greg Midgette & Nancy Nicosia for our research on 24/7 Sobriety). Awarded to author(s)
of an outstanding piece of research in the behavioural sciences in an applied setting. 2015
RAND Harold Brown Faculty Fellowship, 2015
RAND Bronze Merit Bonus Award, 2015
RAND Outreach and Impact Award, 2014
RAND Gold Merit Bonus Award, 2013 (Shared with Rosalie Pacula)
RAND Gulf States Business Development Fellow, 2012
RAND President’s Award, 2011
RAND Gold Merit Bonus Award, 2011
RAND Bronze Merit Bonus Award, 2010
RAND Bronze Merit Bonus Award, 2008 (Shared with Chrissy Eibner)
Taubman Center for State and Local Government Research Award, John F. Kennedy School of
Government, Harvard University, 2006-2007
Judicial Administration Fellowship, co-sponsored by the California Judicial Council and the Center for
California Studies at CSU-Sacramento, 2001-2002
Selected to attend the month-long Quantitative Analysis of Crime and Criminal Justice seminar at
ICPSR, University of Michigan, 2000 (Stipend from U.S. Department of Justice)
Phi Beta Kappa, 1998
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RECENT GRANTS & CONTRACTS (as Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator)
B. Kilmer (PI) & G. Midgette (Co-PI). $225,000. Public health and safety impacts of marijuana
legalization in the Pacific Northwest. Subcontractor to Multnomah County. 2016-2018.
(R01DA039293)
B. Kilmer (PI). $460,000. Can South Dakota's innovative 24/7 Sobriety Program work outside South
Dakota? National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 2014-2016. (R21AA022439)
B. Kilmer (PI). $123,000. Assessing marijuana legalization in Vermont. GiveWell/Good Ventures
($103,000) and State of Vermont ($20,000). 2014-2015.
B. Kilmer (PI) & N. Nicosia (Co-PI). $1.1 million. Evaluating South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Program.
National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 2011-2014. (R01AA020074)
G. Ridgeway (PI), B. Kilmer (Co-PI), & J. Saunders (Co-PI). $2.9 million. An evaluation of the BJA Drug
Market Initiative Training and Technical Assistance Initiative. National Institute of Justice. 20112014.
B. Kilmer (PI). $66,000. International stocktaking of legal systems for cannabis production.
Wetenschappelijk Onderzoek- en Documentatiecentrum, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie
(Dutch Ministry of Secruity and Justice). 2013.
B. Kilmer (PI). $112,000. Subcontractor to BOTEC Analysis Corp to provide marijuana consumption
estimates to the Washington State Liquor Control Board. 2013.
B. Kilmer (PI) & S. Everingham (Co-PI). $479,000. Estimating what America’s users spend on illegal
drugs. White House Office of National Drug Control Policy. 2012-2013.
B. Kilmer (PI). $25,000. Assessing the drug policy landscape in the United States and abroad.
MacArthur Foundation. 2012.
B. Kilmer (PI). $200,000. Evaluating San Francisco’s Community Justice Center. City and County of
San Francisco, Office of the Controller. 2011-2013.
F. Trautmann (PI), B. Kilmer (Co-PI), & P. Turnbull (Co-PI). $887,000. Further analysis of the EU
illicit drugs market and responses to it – responding to future challenges. European Commission.
2011-2013.
R. Pacula (PI) & B. Kilmer (Co-PI). $220,000. Measuring drug-related crime. White House Office of
National Drug Control Policy. 2011-2012.
R. Pacula (PI) & B. Kilmer (Co-PI). $276,000. The effect of NPLEx on methamphetamine production
and consumption. Consumer Healthcare Products Association. 2010-2011.
E. D’Amico (PI) & B. Kilmer (Co-PI). $255,000. A cost-effectiveness supplement to E. D’Amico’s
parent grant to experimentally evaluate a voluntary brief voluntary alcohol and drug intervention
for middle school youth. National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism. 2009-2011.
N. Nicosia (PI) & B. Kilmer (Co-PI). $400,000. The effectiveness of drug treatment to improve
community-level health and social outcomes in California. Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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2008-2011.
J. Rubin (PI) & B. Kilmer (Co-PI). $195,000. Developing a European Crime Report. European
Commission. 2009-2010.
B. Kilmer (PI) & S. Hoorens (Co-PI). $220,000. Study on policy relevant information and data in the
field of drug supply reduction and drug-related crime in the EU and Third Countries. European
Commission. 2008-2009.
WORKS IN PROGRESS
“Using respondent-driven sampling of drug purchasers to evaluate focused deterrence strategies”
(With A. Ober, J. Sussell, J. Saunders, & D. Heckathorn). Resubmitted—Evaluation Review
“Deterring crime in community supervision: Evidence from 24/7 Sobriety” (With P. Heaton & N.
Nicosia). Revise and Resubmit—Journal of Law and Economics
“Estimates of law enforcement costs by crime type for benefit-cost analyses.” (With P. Hunt & J.
Saunders). Revise and Resubmit—Journal of Benefit-Cost Analysis
“A framework for synthetic control methods with high dimensional micro-level data: Evaluating a
neighborhood-specific crime intervention.” (With M. Robbins & J. Saunders). Submitted. Working
paper available at: http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR1080.html
“Bayesian inference for the distribution of grams of marijuana in a joint?” (With G. Ridgeway).
Submitted
“The effect of Montana's 24/7 Sobriety Program on DUI re-arrest: Insights from a natural experiment
with limited administrative data” (With G. Midgette). Working paper available at:
http://www.rand.org/pubs/working_papers/WR1083.html
“Using certainty and celerity of sanction to produce specific deterrence: Insights from a large-scale
implementation of the 24/7 Sobriety program” (With G. Midgette).
“What can we learn from the medical marijuana experience to inform marijuana legalization?” (With
R. MacCoun).
“Closing a drug market in a segregated neighborhood in the south: Perceptions of crime and policecommunity relations.” (With J. Saunders).
“How will we know if cannabis legalization is a good or bad idea? Improving the evidence base for
evaluating changes in cannabis laws” (With R. Pacula).
BOOKS
1. J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, & M. Kleiman. (Forthcoming). Marijuana legalization: What everyone needs
to know (2nd edition; significantly revised). New York: Oxford University Press.
J. Caulkins, A. Hawken, B. Kilmer, & M. Kleiman. (2012). Marijuana legalization: What everyone
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needs to know. New York: Oxford University Press.
JOURNAL ARTICLES
2. N. Nicosia, B. Kilmer, & P. Heaton. (2016). Can a criminal justice alcohol abstention programme
with swift, certain, and moderate sanctions (24/7 Sobriety) reduce population mortality? A
retrospective observational study. The Lancet Psychiatry. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S22150366(15)00416-2
3. J. Caulkins & B. Kilmer. (2016). Considering marijuana legalization carefully: Insights for other
jurisdictions from an analysis for Vermont. Addiction. 10.1111/add.13289
4. B. Kilmer, P. Reuter & L. Giommoni. (2015). What can be learned from cross-national
comparisons of data on illegal drugs? Crime and Justice, 44, 227-296.
5. J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, P. Reuter, & G. Midgette. (2015). Cocaine’s fall and marijuana’s rise:
Questions and insights based on new estimates of consumption and expenditures in U.S. drug
markets. Addiction, 110, 728-736.
J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, P. Reuter, & G. Midgette. (2015). Beyond prevalence: Importance of
estimating drug consumption and expenditures [Response to Commentaries]. Addiction, 110,
743-745.
6. J. Caulkins, J. Sussell, B. Kilmer, & A. Kasunic. (2015). How much of the cocaine market do we see?
Insights from respondent-driven sampling of drug users in a mid-sized American city. Drug and
Alcohol Dependence, 147, 190-195.
7. J. Burgdorf & B. Kilmer. (2015). Police costs of the Drug Market Intervention: Insights from two
cities. Policing: A Journal of Policy and Practice, 9, 151-163.
8. B. Bond, J. Caulkins, N. Scott, B. Kilmer, & P. Dietze. (2014). Are users’ most recent drug
purchases representative? Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, 133-138.
9. B. Kilmer. (2014). Policy designs for cannabis legalization: Starting with the eight Ps. American
Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse, 40, 259-261.
10. R. Pacula, B. Kilmer, A. Wagenaar, F. Chaloupka, & J. Caulkins. (2014). Developing public health
regulations for marijuana: Lessons from alcohol and tobacco. American Journal of Public Health,
104, 1021-1028.
11. M. Kleiman, B. Kilmer, & D. Fisher. (2014). Theory and evidence on the swift-certain-fair
approach to enforcing conditions of community supervision. Federal Probation, 78.
12. B. Kilmer, N. Nicosia, P. Heaton, & G. Midgette. (2013). Efficacy of frequent monitoring with swift,
certain, and modest sanctions for violations: Insights from South Dakota’s 24/7 Sobriety Project.
American Journal of Public Health, 103, e37–e43.
13. B. Kilmer & K. Humphreys. (2013). Losing your ‘license to drink’: The radical South Dakota
approach to heavy drinkers who threaten public safety. Brown Journal of World Affairs, 20, 267277.
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14. J. Caulkins, A. Hawken, B. Kilmer, M. Kleiman, K. Pfrommer, J. Pruess, & T. Shaw. (2013). High tax
states: Options for gleaning revenue from legal cannabis. Oregon Law Review, 91, 1042-1067.
Reprinted in F. Zimring & B. Harcourt (Eds.). (Forthcoming). Criminal Law and the Regulation of
Vice, 2nd Edition. Thomson West.
15. A. Hawken, J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, & M. Kleiman. (2013). Quasi-legal cannabis in Colorado and
Washington: Local and national implications. Addiction, 108, 837-838.
16. J. Caulkins, S. Everingham, B. Kilmer, & G. Midgette. (2013). The whole is just the sum of its parts:
Limited polydrug use among the “big three” expensive drugs in the United States. Current Drug
Abuse Reviews, 6, 919-97.
17. R. Burns, J. Caulkins, & S. Everingham, & B. Kilmer. (2013). Statistics on cannabis users skew
perceptions of cannabis use. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 4, 138.
18. J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, R. Pacula, R. MacCoun, & P. Reuter. (2012). Design considerations for
legalizing cannabis: Lessons inspired by analysis of California’s Proposition 19. Addiction, 107,
865–871.
J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, R. Pacula, R. MacCoun, & P. Reuter. (2012). Response to commentaries.
Addiction, 107, 866–877.
19. S. Paddock, B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, M. Booth, & R. Pacula. (2012). An epidemiological model for
examining marijuana use over the life course. Epidemiology Research International, 2012, Article
ID 520894. doi:10.1155/2012/520894.
20. B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, R. Pacula, & P. Reuter. (2011). Bringing perspective to illicit markets:
Estimating the size of the U.S. marijuana market. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 119, 153–160.
21. B. Kilmer, J. Burgdorf, E. D’Amico, J. Miles, & J. Tucker. (2011). Multisite cost analysis of a schoolbased voluntary alcohol and drug prevention program. Journal of Studies on Alcohol and Drugs,
72, 823–832.
22. J. Burgdorf, B. Kilmer, & R. Pacula. (2011). Heterogeneity in the composition of marijuana seized
in California. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 117, 59-61.
23. B. Kilmer, C. Eibner, J. Ringel, & R. Pacula (2011). Invisible wounds, visible savings? Using
microsimulation to estimate the costs and savings associated with providing evidence-based
treatment for PTSD and depression to veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation
Iraqi Freedom. Psychological Trauma: Theory, Research, Practice, and Policy, 3, 201-211.
24. H. Nunberg, B. Kilmer, R. Pacula, & J. Burgdorf. (2011). An analysis of applicants presenting to a
medical marijuana specialty practice in California. Journal of Drug Policy Analysis.
http://www.bepress.com/jdpa/vol4/iss1/art1.
25. R. Pacula, B. Kilmer, M. Grossman, & F. Chaloupka. (2010). Risks and prices: The role of user
sanctions in marijuana markets. The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy: Vol. 10 : Iss. 1
(Contributions), Article 11.
26. M. Kleiman & B. Kilmer. (2009). The dynamics of deterrence. Proceedings of the National
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Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 106, 1420-1423. (Communicated by T.
Schelling)
27. B. Kilmer. (2008). The future of DIRECT surveillance: Drug and alcohol use Information from
REmote and Continuous Testing. Journal of Drug Policy Analysis, 1.
28. B. Kilmer. (2008). Does parolee drug testing influence employment and education outcomes?
Evidence from a randomized experiment with noncompliance. Journal of Quantitative Criminology,
24, 93-123.
PEER-REVIEWED RAND REPORTS
29. J. Saunders, A. Ober, B. Kilmer, & S. Greathouse. (2016). A community-based, focused deterrence
approach to closing overt drug markets: A process and fidelity evaluation of seven sites. RR-1001.
Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
30. J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, M. Kleiman, R. MacCoun, G. Midgette, P. Oglesby, R. Pacula, & P. Reuter.
(2015). Considering marijuana legalization: Insights for Vermont and other jurisdictions. RR-864.
Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
31. K. Watkins, B. Kilmer, K. Osilla & M. Graf. (2015). Driving under the influence of alcohol: Could
California do more to prevent it? PE-162. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
32. B. Kilmer, J. Sussell (2014). Does San Francisco’s Community Justice Center reduce criminal
recidivism? RR-735. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
33. B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, G. Midgette, L. Dahlkemper, R. MacCoun & R. Pacula. (2013). Before the
grand opening: Measuring Washington State’s marijuana market in the last year before legalized
commercial sales. RR-466. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
34. B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, R. Pacula, & P. Reuter. (2012).The U.S. drug policy landscape: Insights and
opportunities for improving the view. OP-393. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
35. P. Hunt, B. Kilmer, & J. Rubin. (2011). Development of a European crime report: Improving safety
and justice with existing crime and criminal justice data. TR–936–EC. Brussels: RAND.
36. B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, B. Bond, & P. Reuter. (2010). Reducing drug trafficking revenues and
violence in Mexico: Would legalizing marijuana in California help? OP-325. Santa Monica, CA:
RAND.
37. B. Kilmer, J. Caulkins, R. Pacula, R. MacCoun, & P. Reuter. (2010). Altered state? Assessing how
marijuana legalization in California could influence marijuana consumption and public budgets.
OP-315. Santa Monica, CA: RAND.
38. B. Kilmer & S. Hoorens (Eds.). (2010). Understanding illicit drug markets, supply-reduction
efforts, and drug-related crime in the European Union. TR-755-EC. Cambridge, UK: RAND.
39. B. Kilmer & R. Pacula. (2009). Estimating the size of the global drug market: A demand-side
approach. TR-711. Santa Monica: RAND.
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40. R. Pacula, S. Hoorens, B. Kilmer, P. Reuter, J. Burgdorf, & P. Hunt. (2009). Issues in estimating the
economic cost of drug abuse in consuming nations. TR-709. Santa Monica: RAND.
41. P. Reuter, F. Trautmann, R. Pacula, B. Kilmer, A. Gageldonk, & D. van der Gouwe. (2009). Assessing
changes in global drug problems, 1998-2007: Main report. TR-704. Santa Monica: RAND.
42. N. Nicosia, R. Pacula, B. Kilmer, R. Lundberg, & J. Chiesa. (2009). The economic cost of
methamphetamine use in the United States, 2005. MG-829. Santa Monica: RAND.
43. R. Davis, J. Rubin, L. Rabinovich, B. Kilmer, & P. Heaton. (2008). A synthesis of literature on the
effectiveness of community orders. TR-518. Cambridge: RAND.
44. C. Eibner, J. Ringel, B. Kilmer, R. Pacula, & C. Diaz. (2008). The cost of post-combat mental
health and cognitive conditions. In T. Tanielian & L. Jaycox (Eds.), Invisible wounds of war:
Psychological and cognitive injuries, their consequences, and services to assist recovery (pp. 169242). Santa Monica: RAND.
OTHER REPORTS, BOOK CHAPTERS, & TESTIMONIES
45. B. Kilmer. (2016). Uncle Sam’s cocaine nosedive: A brief exploration of twelve hypotheses. In J.
Collins (Ed.), After the drug wars: Report of the LSE expert group on the economics of drug policy
(pp. 67-75). London: London School of Economics and Political Science.
46. B. Kilmer. (2016). Marijuana legalization, government revenues, and public budgets: Ten factors to
consider. CT-449. Santa Monica: RAND.
47. B. Kilmer, G. Midgette, & C. Saloga. (2015). Back in the national spotlight: An assessment of recent
changes in drug use and drug policies in the United States. Washington, DC: Brookings.
48. B. Kilmer. (2015). Unprecedented changes in marijuana policy. Britannica Book of the Year 2015
(pp. 250-251). Chicago: Britannica.
49. B. Kilmer, S. Everingham, J. Caulkins, G. Midgette, R. Pacula, P. Reuter, R. Burns, B. Han, & R.
Lundberg. (2014). What America’s users spend on illegal drugs, 2000–2010. Prepared for the Office
of National Drug Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President. (Peer
reviewed)
50. B. Kilmer, K. Kruithof, M. Paradal, J. Caulkins, & J. Rubin (2013). Multinational overview of
cannabis production regimes. The Hague: WODC, Ministerie van Veiligheid en Justitie. (Peer
reviewed)
51. R. Pacula, R. Lundberg, J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, S. Greathouse, T. Fain, & P. Steinberg. (2013).
Improving the measurement of drug-related crime. Prepared for the Office of National Drug
Control Policy. Washington, DC: Executive Office of the President. (Peer reviewed)
52. J. Caulkins & B. Kilmer. (2013). Criminal justice costs of prohibiting marijuana in California. In K.
Tate, J. Taylor, & M. Sawyer (Eds.), Something’s in the air: Race and the legalization of marijuana
(pp. 13-30). New York: Routledge.
53. B. Kilmer, J. Taylor, P. Hunt, & P. McGee. (2013). Sizing national heroin markets in the EU:
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insights from self–reported expenditures in the Czech Republic and England. In F. Trautman, B.
Kilmer, & P. Turnbull (Eds.), Further insights into aspects of the illicit EU drugs market (pp. 257270). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. (Peer reviewed)
54. J. Caulkins & B. Kilmer (with M. Graf). (2013). Estimating the size of the EU cannabis market. In
F. Trautman, B. Kilmer, & P. Turnbull (Eds.), Further insights into aspects of the illicit EU drugs
market (pp. 289-322). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. (Peer reviewed)
55. A. Villaveces, J. Taylor, & B. Kilmer. (2013). Opioid consumption and substitution treatment in
Finland and Sweden: A similar path with different outcomes? In F. Trautman, B. Kilmer, & P.
Turnbull (Eds.), Further insights into aspects of the illicit EU drugs market (pp. 325-344).
Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. (Peer reviewed)
56. B. Kilmer & J. Burgdorf. (2013). Insights about cannabis production and distribution costs in the
EU. In F. Trautman, B. Kilmer, & P. Turnbull (Eds.), Further insights into aspects of the illicit EU
drugs market (pp. 389-404). Luxembourg: Publications Office of the European Union. (Peer
reviewed)
57. B. Kilmer. (2012). Debunking the mythical numbers about marijuana production in Mexico and
the United States. In E. Zedillo and H. Wheeler (Eds.), Rethinking the “war on drugs” through the
US-Mexico prism (pp. 168-175). New Haven, CT: Yale Center for the Study of Globalization.
58. B. Kilmer & R. Pacula. (2010). Preventing drug use. In P. Levine & D. Zimmerman (Eds.),
Targeting investments in children: Fighting poverty when resources are limited (pp. 181-220).
Chicago: University of Chicago Press/National Bureau of Economic Research.
59. R. Pacula, R. MacCoun, P. Reuter, J. Chriqui, B. Kilmer, K. Harris, L. Paoli, & C. Schaefer. (2005).
What does it mean to decriminalize marijuana? A cross-national empirical examination. In B.
Lindgren & M. Grossman (Eds.), Substance use: Individual behavior, interactions, markets, and
politics. JAI Press.
60. B. Kilmer & R. MacCoun. (2004). Public policy on addictive disorders. In R. Coombs (Ed.),
Handbook of addictive disorders: A practical guide to diagnosis and treatment (pp. 495-534). New
York: Wiley.
61. R. MacCoun, B. Kilmer, & P. Reuter. (2003). Research on drug-crime linkages: The next
generation (Commissioned paper). In Drugs and crime: A research agenda for the 21st Century.
National Institute of Justice Special Report. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Justice.
Reprinted in M. Kelley. (2006). Readings on drugs and society: The criminal connection. Boston:
Allyn & Bacon.
62. B. Kilmer. (2002). Do cannabis possession laws influence cannabis use? In I. Spruit (Ed.),
Cannabis 2002 report: Technical report of the International Scientific Conference (pp. 119-141).
Brussels: Ministry of Public Health of Belgium.
SELECT OP-EDS & MAGAZINE ARTICLES
63. B. Kilmer. (2015). So you want to legalize weed? Newsweek, June 28.
http://www.newsweek.com/so-you-want-legalize-weed-347462
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Originally published as “The 10 P's of marijuana legalization” Berkeley Review of Latin American
Studies, Spring. http://clas.berkeley.edu/research/drugs-10-ps-marijuana-legalization
64. B. Kilmer (2015). Could you lose your license to drink? CNN, June 23.
http://www.cnn.com/2015/06/23/opinions/kilmer-drinking-license/
65. B. Kilmer. (2014). The U.S. federal government tolerates marijuana legalization. Will it last?
Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung IPG Journal. http://www.ipg-journal.de/schwerpunkt-desmonats/internationale-drogenpolitik/artikel/detail/legalize-it-541/
66. B. Kilmer. (2014). Taking a sober look at legalizing marijuana. San Francisco Chronicle. July 13.
67. R. Pacula & B. Kilmer. (2014). Legalising cannabis is more than just a yes or no decision. The
Conversation. May 1. https://theconversation.com/legalising-cannabis-is-more-than-just-a-yesor-no-decision-26124
68. B. Kilmer & J. Caulkins. (2014). Hard drugs demand solid understanding. USA Today, March 8.
69. B. Kilmer. (2014). The feds’ role after legalization. New York Times, January 14. Room for Debate
Series. http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2014/01/14/should-drug-enforcement-beleft-to-the-states/the-feds-role-after-marijuana-legalization
70. B. Kilmer. (2013). Has U.S. gone further than Netherlands over marijuana? CNN, October 12.
http://globalpublicsquare.blogs.cnn.com/2013/10/18/has-u-s-gone-further-than-netherlandsover-marijuana/
71. B. Kilmer. (2013). New approach to prison and the war on drugs. BBC, August 12. Part of
Viewpoints Series. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-23675942
72. B. Kilmer. (2013). Legalization in the U.S. and crime in Mexico. New York Times, May 22. Room
for Debate Series http://www.nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2013/05/22/how-can-marijuanabe-sold-safely/why-marijuana-legalization-wouldnt-end-drug-crime
73. B. Kilmer. (2013). 7 key questions on marijuana legalization. USA Today, April 25.
Reposted on TheHealthCareBlog.com, May 29, 2013.
74. J. Caulkins, A. Hawken, B. Kilmer, & M. Kleiman. (2012). A voter’s guide to legalizing marijuana.
The American Interest, Nov-Dec.
75. M. Kleiman, J. Caulkins, A. Hawken, & B. Kilmer. (2012). Eight questions for drug policy research.
Issues in Science and Technology, Summer.
76. J. Caulkins, A. Hawken, B. Kilmer, & M. Kleiman. (2012). "Marijuana legalization: What Everyone
Needs to Know" Authors discuss risks and rewards of legal weed. The Huffington Post, September
4.
77. B. Kilmer. (2012). The marijuana exception. The Wall Street Journal, April 21.
78. B. Kilmer. (2011). Mitos de la mota. Nexos, September.
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79. B. Kilmer & P. Reuter. (2009). Doped: How two plants wreak havoc on the countries that produce
and consume them — and everyone in between. Foreign Policy, 175, 34-35.
For additional sources, see
http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/10/19/prime_numbers_doped?page=0,2
80. L. Campos, S. Jimenez, B. Kilmer, A. Knowles, A. Vorobets, & M. Wolf. (2002). Protecting victims of
abuse. Los Angeles Daily Journal, September 4.
81. B. Kilmer. (1997). Are needle exchanges a forgotten weapon in the war against AIDS? Los Angeles
Times, January 13.
OTHER WRITINGS (SOME DERIVED FROM OTHER PUBLICATIONS)
J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, M. Kleiman, R. MacCoun, G. Midgette, P. Oglesby, R. Pacula, & P. Reuter. (2015).
Options and Issues Regarding Marijuana Legalization. PE-149-RC. Santa Monica, CA: RAND
http://www.rand.org/pubs/perspectives/PE149.html
J. Caulkins, B. Kilmer, M. Kleiman, R. MacCoun, G. Midgette, P. Oglesby, R. Pacula, & P. Reuter. (2015).
The Marijuana Legalization Debate: Insights for Vermont. RAND Research Brief, 9825. Santa Monica,
CA: RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9825.html
B. Kilmer, S. Everingham, J. Caulkins, G. Midgette, R. Pacula, P. Reuter, R. Burns, B.Han, & R. Lundberg.
(2014). How big is the U.S. market for illegal drugs? RAND Research Brief, 9770. Santa Monica:
RAND. http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9770.html
B. Kilmer, N. Nicosia, P. Heaton, & G. Midgette. (2012). An innovative way to curb problem drinking:
South Dakota's 24/7 Sobriety Project. RAND Research Brief, 9692. Santa Monica: RAND.
http://www.rand.org/pubs/research_briefs/RB9692.html
B. Kilmer & J. Caulkins. (2010). Filtering through the smoke: Legalizing marijuana would slash its price,
but the effects on use and revenues are hazy. RAND Review, 34: 12-13.
B. Kilmer, S. Hoorens, & J. Caulkins. (2010). Do drug arrests work? Measuring the effectiveness of drug
enforcement in Europe. RAND Review, 34: 14-15.
Q&A: Beau Kilmer on President’s National Drug Control Strategy. (2009). Harvard Kennedy School
Webpage. http://www.hks.harvard.edu/news-events/news/articles/ash-kilmer-drug-policysept09
B. Kilmer. (2009). The indirect consequences of DIRECT surveillance: Drug and alcohol use
Information from REmote and Continuous Testing. The Voice: The National Partnership on Alcohol
Misuse and Crime’s quarterly newsletter . http://www.alcoholandcrime.org/npamc/newsevents/the-voice/original6
B. Kilmer & M. Iguchi. (2009). Drug treatment for drug-abusing criminal offenders: Insights from
California’s Proposition 36 and Arizona’s Proposition 200. Knowledge Asset, Web site created by the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation's Substance Abuse Policy Research Program.
http://www.saprp.org/KnowledgeAssets/Knowledge_Detail.cfm?KAID=17 (Peer reviewed)
Revised “Seizure of Drugs” entry for the third edition of Encyclopedia of Drugs, Alcohol & Addictive
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Behavior (MacMillan Reference Books, 2009).
H. Rigter, M. van Laar, S. Rigter, & B. Kilmer. (2003). Cannabis: Feiten En Cijfers Anno 2003 (Cannabis:
Facts and Figures Year 2003). Utrecht: Bureau Nationale Drugmonitor.
P. Ebener & B. Kilmer. (2003). Linking drug users with treatment: Admissions counselors describe
the barriers. RAND Draft Report DRU-2948-PH.
R. Pacula & B. Kilmer. (2003). Marijuana and crime: Is there a connection beyond prohibition?
National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper #10046.
SELECTED PRESENTATIONS AND ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSIONS
American Enterprise Institute (2012)
American Psychological Association (2014)
American Society of Criminology (2004, 2005, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014)
American Society of Health Economists (2012, 2014)
Assessing and Monitoring Marijuana Legalization (Montevideo 2014)
Association of Public Health Laboratories (2014)
Association of Public Policy and Management (2005-06, 2008-discussant, 2009-12, 2014-moderator,
2015)
Australasian Drug & Alcohol Strategy Conference (2015)
Australian Capital Territory Legislative Assembly Reception (2013)
Australian Professional Society on Alcohol and other Drugs (2015)
Behavioural Insights Team (London 2016)
Brookings Institution (2012, 2014, 2015)
Brown University (2012)
California Society of Addiction Medicine (2011)
California State Association of Counties (2015)
Cedars-Sinai (2015)
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science (2009)
Committee on Law and Justice, National Academy of Sciences (2013)
Commonwealth Club (2010)
Council of the European Union, Horizontal Working Party on Drugs (Brussels 2009)
Deakin University (Melbourne 2014)
Drogas Ilicitas en Colombia (Bogotá 2010-discussant)
European Monitoring Center for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2014)
European Society of Criminology (2014)
Future of Medicine Summit (West Palm Beach 2014)
Harvard University (2010)
H.F. Guggenheim Symposium on Crime in America at John Jay College (2015)
Google TechTalk (2010)
Illicit Trade and Globalisation (Venice, Italy 2008)
Informal Expert Dialogue on Cannabis (Punta del Esta 2013)
Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission of the Organization of American States (2014, 2015)
International Conference on Governance, Crime and Justice Statistics (Mexico City 2014)
International Health Economics Association (2013)
International Scientific Conference on Cannabis (Brussels 2002)
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (2007-2015)
Jonathan Club (2011 x2)
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London School of Economics (2016)
Los Angeles Times Festival of Books (2013)
Louisiana State Police (2015)
Michigan State University (2016)
National Dialogue about the Future of Drug Policy in Colombia (Bogotá 2014)
National Network for Safe Communities (2015)
National Partnership on Alcohol Misuse and Crime (2009, 2012)
New Zealand Drug Foundation (2015)
North Dakota Behavioral Health Conference (2014)
Organization of American States High Level Workshop on Alternatives to Incarceration (Antigua
2014)
RAND Board of Trustees (2010, 2014)
RAND Congressional Briefing (2010, 2012, 2015)
Symposium on International Drug Control Policy (Hangzhou, China 2015)
Universidad de los Andes (2013, 2015)
University of California Berkeley (2014)
University of California Los Angeles (2014)
University of Florida (2014)
Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (2012)
University of New South Wales (2013)
University of Oregon (2013)
University of Pennsylvania (2014)
Western Economic Association (2003, 2006)
Workshop on Criminology and the Economics of Crime (2006)
Vintage Club (2013)
Virginia State Bar (2015)
World Affairs Council (2014)
Yale University (2011)
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Testimony:
Vermont Senate Committee on Finance. January 19, 2016.
Vermont Legislative Joint Fiscal Committee. November 12, 2014.
California State Assembly Public Safety Committee and California State Senate Public Safety
Committee. September 21, 2010.
Co-Editor:
Journal of Drug Policy Analysis (2008-Present)
Assistant Editor:
Addiction (2009-Present)
Ad-hoc Reviews:
National Institutes of Health (NIAAA, NIDA, NCI/CRAN)
Social Science Research Council
Addiction
Alcohol and Alcoholism
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Contemporary Drug Problems
Crime and Justice
Criminology
Drug and Alcohol Dependence
Drug and Alcohol Review
International Journal of Drug Policy
International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology
Journal of the American Medical Association-Psychiatry
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management
Journal of Applied Economics
Journal of Quantitative Criminology
Law & Social Inquiry
Prevention Science
Science
Professional Societies:
Trustee, International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (2015-)
Conference committee, International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (2009, 2010, 2015, 2016)
Advisor/Consultant:
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (2015)
Oakland Museum of California (2015)
TEACHING EXPERIENCE
Core member of the Pardee RAND Graduate School faculty (2010/2011, 2011/2012, 2012/2013,
2013/2014, 2014/2015, 2015/2016).
Drugs and Crime. (University of Maryland and People's Police Academy of Vietnam, 2016). Taught a
five-day course in Hanoi as part of the Joint Master’s Degree in Justice Leadership.
Economics of Drug Use and Drug Policy. (Harvard, S2005, Undergraduate). Created tutorial and
taught biweekly seminars for economics majors.
Quantitative Analysis and Empirical Methods. (Harvard, F2005, M.P.P.). Teaching Fellow for Anne
Piehl.
Dissertation committee: Greg Midgette (PRGS), Mafalda Paradal (University of Ghent)
MEDIA
Select Interviews/Quotes:
Al Jazeera, All Things Considered, AOL News, AOL DailyFinance, Associated Press, Atlantic Monthly,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation, BBC News, Bloomberg Businessweek, Burlington Free Press,
Buzzfeed, CBS (Sunday Morning, This Morning), CCTV-America, Christian Science Monitor, Chronicle of
Higher Education, CNN, CQ Researcher, C-SPAN2, Chicago-Sun Times, Christian Science Monitor, Denver
Post, Diane Rehm Show, Dow Jones, East Bay Express, El Espectador (COL), Foreign Affairs, KCRW (Push
Play, To The Point, Which Way, L.A.?), The Globe and Mail, International Business Times, KCBS Radio,
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KNBC (News Conference), KNPR, KPCC (Air Talk, Take Two), Le Figaro, Los Angeles Times, Marketplace,
Milenio (MX), Minnesota Public Radio (The Daily Circuit), The Nation, Nature, New York Times, NBC
(Nightly News), New Zealand Herald, Oakland Tribune, Pacific Standard, PolitiFact, Portland Press
Herald, PRI (The World), Radio Free Europe, Radio New Zealand, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Sacramento
Bee, Salon, San Francisco Chronicle, San Jose Mercury News, El Tiempo (COL), Time Magazine, Univision,
UPI, USA Today, Vermont Public Radio, Vice, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post (WonkBlog), WNPR
(Where We Live)
Updated: February 2016
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