Clinton W. Saloga
csaloga@rand.org
+1.310.393.0411, Ext. 6548
clintsal@gmail.com
+ 1.785.226.064
Education_______________________________________________________________
Pardee RAND Graduate School
Santa Monica, CA
Ph.D. Candidate in Policy Analysis
Expected March 2016
Dissertation – “Market Responses to Local Marijuana Policy”
Committee – Rosalie Liccardo Pacula (RAND, chair), Priscillia
Hunt (RAND), Angela Hawken (Pepperdine University)
M.Phil Policy Analysis
June 2014
Wichita State University
M.A. International Economics
Institut Barcelona d’Estudis Internacionals (IBEI)
Summer School in International Politics
Universidad de Los Andes
International Summer School in Economics
Kansas State University
B.S. Business Administration, Human Resource Management;
Minor in Economics; Certificate of International Business
Wichita, KS
May 2011
Barcelona, Spain
Summer 2010
Bogotá, Colombia
Summer 2009
Manhattan, KS
December 2006
Research Interests_______________________________________________________
Legal and Medical Marijuana Policy; Illicit Markets; Substance Use and Abuse;
Economics of Drug Trafficking, Crime, Corruption, and Bribery; Public Health Policy
Design and Implementation; Public Service Provision
Professional Experience_________________________________________________
Consultant (World Drug Report 2016 - Cannabis Review)
Oct. 2015 - Present
United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Vienna, Austria
Chloe Carpentier (Chief of the Statistics and Surveys Section)
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Describing the background of marijuana legalization in different countries, its
impact on social, economic, health, and criminal justice outcomes, and future
policy implications for legalizing jurisdictions and the drug policy debate
Doctoral Intern
Council on Responsible Cannabis Regulation &
Vicente Sederberg, LLC
Jordan Wellington (Director of Compliance)
Summer 2015
Denver, CO
Last updated: October 2015
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Developed surveys for retail and medical marijuana consumers to understand
price elasticity, product preferences, and characteristics of the customer base for
legal marijuana in Colorado
Recruited local business partner participants to field the survey to their customers
Assistant Policy Analyst
2011 - Present
RAND Corporation
Santa Monica, CA
Rosalie Liccardo Pacula (Senior Economist; Co-Director, Drug Policy
Research Center; Director, Bing Center for Health Economics)
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Constructed a legal dataset describing local regulations for medical marijuana in
California counties and cities over time
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Reviewed the current landscape and recent policy changes in U.S. drug policy in
preparation for the 2016 United Nations General Assembly Special Session on the
World Drug Problem
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Analyzed factors of states’ political economies that influence the adoption of
medical marijuana laws
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Conducted interviews with law enforcement and public health agents in California
to understand implementation of medical marijuana policies
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Made site visits to medical marijuana dispensaries to gather information on
products, prices, and structure
Virtual Student Foreign Service, e-Internship
2012 – 2013
USAID Africa Bureau’s Conflict, Peacebuilding & Governance Team Washington DC
Brooke Stearns Lawson (Transnational Organized Crime Advisor)
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Contributed writing for a USAID report on the economics of international drug
trafficking
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Examined indicators of governance and implications for the sustainability of civil
society organizations in West Africa
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Identified and maintained data on drug trafficking patterns and trends in West
Africa
Assistant Financial Advisor
Waddell & Reed
Imelda Huhnke (Senior Financial Advisor)
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Tracked and analyzed market indicators for client investments
2008 – 2011
Wichita, KS
Teaching Experience____________________________________________________
Teaching Assistant
Pardee RAND Graduate School - Advanced Econometrics I
Roland Sturm (Sr. Economist, RAND; Professor, PRGS)
Fall 2013
Santa Monica, CA
Publications ____________________________________________________________
Kilmer, Beau, Gregory Midgette, and Clinton W. Saloga. (2015). Back in the National
Spotlight: An Assessment of Recent Changes in Drug Use and Drug Policies in
Last updated: October 2015
the United States. Foreign Policy at Brookings – Improving Global Drug Policy:
Comparative Perspectives and UNGASS 2016.
Stanley, Karlyn D., Elvira N. Loredo, Nicholas E. Burger, Jeremy Miles, Clinton W.
Saloga. (2014). Business Bribery Risk Assessment. RAND Center for Corporate
Ethics & Governance.
Lawson, Brook Stearns and Phyllis Dininio; Clinton W. Saloga (contributor). (2013).
The Development Response to Drug Trafficking in Africa: A Programming
Guide. USAID & Management Systems International.
Blanco, Luisa Raynal and Clinton W. Saloga. (2013). Participation in the Formal
Financial Sector among Minorities in the U.S. The Minority Report, American
Economic Association. Issue 5, Winter 2013.
Working Papers_________________________________________________________
Saloga, Clinton W., Beau Kilmer, and Gabriel Weinberger. (2015). Marijuana Outlets
in Colorado One Year After Legalization: Patterns of Environmental Injustice?
Working Paper.
Saloga, Clinton W. (2015). Estimating the Impact of Retail Marijuana Stores on
Residential Property Values in Denver. Dissertation Paper.
Saloga, Clinton W. (2015). The Effect of Legalized Retail Marijuana on the Demand
for Medical Marijuana in Colorado. Dissertation Paper, prepared for the 9th
Annual ISSDP Conference Paper.
Saloga, Clinton W. (2014). A State of Transition: Colorado’s Experience With
Adaptive Policymaking For Adult-Use Retail Marijuana. 8th Annual ISSDP
Conference Paper.
Hunt, Priscillia and Clinton W. Saloga. (2014). The Role of the Political Economy on
State Laws Related to Medical Marijuana. RAND Working Paper WR-1004NIDA.
Saloga, Clinton W., Anne Boustead, Mireille Jacobson, Rosalie Pacula, and James
Anderson. (2013). Local Implementation of Medical Marijuana: Lessons for
International Policymakers from California. 7th Annual ISSDP Conference Paper.
Selected Presentations___________________________________________________
The Effect of Legalized Retail Marijuana on the Demand for Medical Marijuana in
Colorado. Presenter, 9th Annual Conference of the International Society for the Study
of Drug Policy. University of Ghent. Ghent, Belgium. May 2015.
Last updated: October 2015
A State of Transition: Colorado’s Experience With Adaptive Policymaking For
Adult-Use Retail Marijuana. Presenter, 8th Annual Conference of the International
Society for the Study of Drug Policy. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche. Rome,
Italy. May 2014.
Business Bribery Risk Assessment. Invited Group Presentation. World Bank – Office
of Suspension and Debarment. Washington DC. April 2014.
What Can Governance Indicators Tell Us About the Sustainability of Civil Society
Organizations in Africa? Invited Guest Speaker. United States Agency for
International Development (USAID) Headquarters. Washington DC. July 2013.
Local Implementation of Medical Marijuana: Lessons from California. Invited
Student Speaker, Pardee RAND Graduate School Board of Governors Meeting.
RAND Corporation Headquarters. Santa Monica, CA. June 2013.
Local Implementation of Medical Marijuana: Lessons for International
Policymakers from California. Presenter, 7th Annual Conference of the
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy. Universidad de Los Andes.
Bogotá, Colombia. May 2013.
Honors and Awards_____________________________________________________
ISSDP Early Career Scholar in Drug Policy, Honorable Mention
James Q. Wilson Dissertation Award
Anne and James Rothenberg Dissertation Award
Cavalier Scholarship
2015
2013, 2015
2014
2011
Other Professional Activity______________________________________________
Member:
International Society for the Study of Drug Policy
Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management
Economics of National Security Association
Peer Reviewer:
Journal of Drug Policy Analysis
Drug and Alcohol Review
Last updated: October 2015