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A demand side estimate of the dollar value of the cannabis black market in New Zealand
(Evaluation du prix en dollar du cannabis, vue du côté du "de la demande" en Nouvelle Zélande)
Auteur(s) :
WILKINS, C. ;
BHATTA, K. ;
CASSWELL, S.
Année
2002
Page(s) :
145-151
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
35
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Thésaurus mots-clés
CANNABIS
;
MARCHE DE LA DROGUE
;
PRIX
;
VENTE
Thésaurus géographique
NOUVELLE ZELANDE
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Review, 2002, 21, (2), 145-151
Note de contenu :
tabl.
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
The dollar value of an illicit drug market is an important statistic in drug policy analysis. It can be used to illustrate the scale of the trade in a drug; evaluate its impact on a local community or nation; provide an indication of the level of criminality related to a drug; and can inform discussions of future drug policy options. This paper calculates the first ever demand side estimates of the New Zealand cannabis black market. The estimates produced are calculated using cannabis consumption data from the Alcohol & Public Health Research Unit's (APHRU) 1998 National Drug Survey. The wholesale value of the market is estimated to be $81.3-104.6 million a year, and the retail value of the market is estimated to be $131.3-168.9 million a year. These demand side estimates are much lower than the existing supply side estimates of the market calculated using police seizures of cannabis plants. The retail figure is four times lower than the lowest national supply side estimate ($636 million) and seven times lower than the highest national supply side estimate ($1.27 billion). The demand side estimates suggest a much smaller cannabis economy to fuel organized criminal activity in New Zealand than previous estimates implied. (Author's abstract.)
Affiliation :
Alcohol Publ. Hlth Res. Unit, Univ. Auckland
Nouvelle Zélande. New Zealand.
Nouvelle Zélande. New Zealand.