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Street sale of heroin: a profitable way of making a living?
(Vente d'héroïne dans la rue: un commerce profitable)
Auteur(s) :
BERG, B. L. ;
ANDERSEN, S.
Année
1993
Page(s) :
287-291
Langue(s) :
Anglais
ISBN :
0376-8716
Refs biblio. :
16
Domaine :
Drogues illicites / Illicit drugs
Discipline :
MAR (Marchés / Markets)
Note générale :
Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 1993, 32, 287-291
Résumé :
FRANÇAIS :
A partir des saisies de la police et d'interviews d'usagers de rue, l'enquête permet de noter que le prix de l'héroïne en Norvège est à peu près stable depuis 1978 (28 livres anglaises la dose). Le détaillant vend jusqu'à 10 g d'héroïne provenant d'une livraison, et peut atteindre un revenu annuel de 11500 livres, tout en gardant le tiers du produit pour sa consommation personnelle. La criminalité liée à ce traffic est faible, car elle entraine trop de risques.
ENGLISH :
The aim of the study was to give an outline of the financial environment of heroin-sale at street level in Norway and the possibilities of making retail sale of heroin a living. Data were gathered through police records and interviews with informants at street level. Retail sale price has been nominally stable at 300 Nkr (£28, i.e., £1 = 11 Nkr) per end-user dose since 1978. Both the end-users and retailers formally make their living from social welfare payments. The retailer purchases from a wholesaler batches of up to 10 g of heroin at a cost of 50 000 Nkr (£4800). At monthly intervals of delivery this yields 120 000 Nkr (£11 500) as net tax-free income per year, on top of the social welfare payments, even when the retailer and his accomplice consumes a third of the purchased quantity. Crime of gain on the part of the retailer is negligible, due to increased risk of also disclosing his drug trafficking. (Extract from authors' abstract)
A partir des saisies de la police et d'interviews d'usagers de rue, l'enquête permet de noter que le prix de l'héroïne en Norvège est à peu près stable depuis 1978 (28 livres anglaises la dose). Le détaillant vend jusqu'à 10 g d'héroïne provenant d'une livraison, et peut atteindre un revenu annuel de 11500 livres, tout en gardant le tiers du produit pour sa consommation personnelle. La criminalité liée à ce traffic est faible, car elle entraine trop de risques.
ENGLISH :
The aim of the study was to give an outline of the financial environment of heroin-sale at street level in Norway and the possibilities of making retail sale of heroin a living. Data were gathered through police records and interviews with informants at street level. Retail sale price has been nominally stable at 300 Nkr (£28, i.e., £1 = 11 Nkr) per end-user dose since 1978. Both the end-users and retailers formally make their living from social welfare payments. The retailer purchases from a wholesaler batches of up to 10 g of heroin at a cost of 50 000 Nkr (£4800). At monthly intervals of delivery this yields 120 000 Nkr (£11 500) as net tax-free income per year, on top of the social welfare payments, even when the retailer and his accomplice consumes a third of the purchased quantity. Crime of gain on the part of the retailer is negligible, due to increased risk of also disclosing his drug trafficking. (Extract from authors' abstract)
Affiliation :
Drug Res. Group, Dept Commun. Med., Univ. Oslo, Gydasv. 8, 0363 Oslo
Norvège. Norway.
Norvège. Norway.
Cote :
A03015