Titre : | The normalisation of drug supply: The social supply of drugs as the "other side" of the history of normalisation (2016) |
Auteurs : | R. COOMBER ; L. MOYLE ; N. SOUTH |
Type de document : | Article : Périodique |
Dans : | Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy (Vol.23, n°3, June 2016) |
Article en page(s) : | 255-263 |
Langues: | Anglais |
Discipline : | SHS (Sciences humaines et sociales / Humanities and social sciences) |
Mots-clés : |
Thésaurus géographique ROYAUME-UNIThésaurus mots-clés NORME ; DIFFUSION DES PRODUITS ; RESEAUX SOCIAUX ; PRODUIT ILLICITE ; ETUDE QUALITATIVE ; REVENDEUR ; CONCEPT ; CULTUREL ; PAIR ; FAMILLE ; AMI ; MARCHE DE LA DROGUE |
Résumé : |
Aims: Describes how the relative normalisation of recreational drug use in the UK has been productive of, and fused with, the relatively normalised and non-commercial social supply of recreational drugs.
Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 60 social suppliers of recreational drugs in two studies (involving a student population n = 30 and general population sample n = 30). Respondents were recruited via purposive snowball sampling and local advertising. Findings: Both samples provided strong evidence of the normalised supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of friendship and close social networks. Many social suppliers described "drift" into social supply and normalised use was suggested to be productive of supply relationships that both suppliers and consumers regard as something less than "real" dealing in order to reinforce their preconceptions of themselves as relatively non-deviant. Some evidence for a broader acceptance of social supply is also presented. Conclusions: The fairly recent context of relative normalisation of recreational drug use has coalesced with the social supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of use and exchange whereby a range of "social" supply acts (sometimes even involving large amounts of drugs/money) have become accepted as something closer to gift-giving or friendship exchange dynamics within social networks rather than dealing proper. To some degree, there is increasing sensitivity to this within the criminal justice system. |
Domaine : | Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs |
Affiliation : | Department of Sociology, Centre for Criminology, University of Essex, Colchester, Essex, UK |
Cote : | Abonnement |
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