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Interventions on the supply side of the local hard drug market: towards a regulated hard drug trade? The case of the city of Rotterdam
(Interventions au niveau de l'offre des marchés locaux de drogues dures : vers une régulation du commerce de drogues dures ? L'exemple de la ville de Rotterdam)
Auteur(s) :
VAN DE MHEEN, D. ;
GRUTER P.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
145-161
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0022-0426
Refs biblio. :
36
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
REGULATION
;
VENTE
;
OFFRE
;
POLITIQUE
;
INTERVENTION
;
COLLECTIVITE LOCALE
;
REGLEMENTATION
Thésaurus géographique
PAYS-BAS
Note générale :
Journal of Drug Issues, 2004, 34, 145-161
Note de contenu :
fig.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The aim of interventions on the supply side of the hard drug market is to diminish or regulate the unwanted effects of the hard drug trade, with respect to both public health and safety. However, initiatives for the regulation of the hard drug trade cannot be pursued at the international governmental level because the sale of hard drugs is forbidden by law. Therefore, what remains are initiatives at the local level. In a case study of the City of Rotterdam, an inventory is made of interventions on the supply side. It describes interventions initiated by both governmental and private organizations, including the closure of certain dealing addresses, public transport and other general regulations, reporting centers for drug-related nuisance (i.e., local government), and "self regulation" of dealing addresses and drug consumption/selling rooms (i.e., private interventions). The argument here is for a different approach of (dosed) suppression and regulation (by public and private interventions). In this approach, the use of "quality criteria" for dealing addresses and the spread of dealing addresses are important instruments. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Addiction Inst. Res., Rotterdam
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.
Pays-Bas. Netherlands.