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Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND: Few countries have developed detailed legislative proposals for legalizing cannabis. New Zealand recently released the Cannabis Legalization and Control Bill (CLCB) that will be the subject of a referendum in September 2020. AIMS: [...]Périodique
C. WILKINS ; J. L. REILLY ; S. CASSWELL | 2005Aim: To examine the impact of the emergence of cannabis 'tinny' houses on the use and sale of cannabis and other illicit drugs in New Zealand. Method: A national sample of 5800 people aged 13-45 years were interviewed about their drug use using [...]Article : Périodique
Social media is increasingly being utilized to facilitate the buying and selling of illegal drugs, particularly by young people. However, the range of social media and messaging platforms means people must make 'choices' around which platforms t[...]Article : Périodique
Background: There have been no changes to the statutory penalties for cannabis use in New Zealand for over 35 years and this has attracted some criticism. However, statutory penalties often provide a poor picture of the actual criminal justice o[...]Article : Périodique
C. WILKINS, Auteur ; A. RITTER, Auteur du commentaire ; L. VON DIEMEN, Auteur du commentaire ; S. ROLLES, Auteur du commentaire ; D. KUSHLICK, Auteur du commentaire ; A. L. BRETTEVILLE-JENSEN, Auteur du commentaire ; B. HUGHES, Auteur du commentaire ; P. GRIFFITHS, Auteur du commentaire |Background: New Zealand has recently attempted to address the underlying drivers of the escalating new psychoactive substances (NPS) ('legal highs') problem by establishing the world's first pre-market approval regulatory regime for NPS. NPS pro[...]Périodique
C. WILKINS ; K. BHATTA ; S. CASSWELL | 2002ENGLISH : 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[...]Article : Périodique
C. WILKINS ; K. PARKER ; J. PRASAD ; S. JAWALKAR |Background: Some commentators have suggested legal highs (LH) might reduce existing illegal drug use and contribute to lower drug-related harm. However, no studies have specifically investigated substitution between LH and other drugs. Aims: To[...]Article : Périodique
P. HAKKARAINEN ; T. DECORTE ; S. SZNITMAN ; K. KARJALAINEN ; M. J. BARRATT ; V. A. FRANK ; S. LENTON ; G. POTTER ; B. WERSE ; C. WILKINS |Aim: To compare characteristics of recreational vs. medical growers in a sample of small-scale cannabis cultivators from 12 countries. Methods: Six thousand eight hundred ninety six respondents who took part in an online survey were divided int[...]Périodique
C. WILKINS ; P. SWEETSUR | 2006ENGLISH : This paper explores the middle and retail levels of the illegal market for cannabis in New Zealand using national household drug survey data. Those who reported purchasing half or full ounces of cannabis were defined as middle level [...]Article : Périodique
We highlight how the different studies included in this special issue contribute to our understanding of illegal markets and the economics of organized crime. A focus on the 'economics' of organized crime brings attention to the outcomes (costs [...]Article : Périodique
Background: The establishment of a regulated legal market for new psychoactive substances (NPS, 'legal highs') under New Zealand's Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) 2013 created a new commercial sector for psychoactive products, previously limit[...]NouveautéRapport
A. WINSTOCK ; C. WILKINS | Amsterdam : Transnational Institute (TNI) | Series on legislative reform of drug policies | 2011FRANÇAIS : Ce document de l'IDPC et du Transnational Institute (TNI) cherche à définir les enjeux politiques et de santé publique créés par l'émergence de nouvelles substances psychoactives. Ces substances, communément appelées « drogues légal[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : In this Harm Reduction Digest Sheridan, Butler, Wilkins and Russell address the emergent phenomenon of so-called 'legal party pills' which have become a significant drug issue in New Zealand and elsewhere. Although banned in a number[...]Livre
T. DECORTE, Éditeur scientifique ; S. LENTON, Éditeur scientifique ; C. WILKINS, Éditeur scientifique | London : Routledge | Studies in Crime and Society | 2020Marijuana is the most widely used illegal drug in the world. Over the past couple of decades, several Western jurisdictions have seen reforms in, or changes to, the way cannabis use is being controlled, departing from traditional approaches of c[...]Article : Périodique
M. J. BARRATT ; G. R. POTTER ; M. WOUTERS ; C. WILKINS ; B. WERSE ; J. PERALA ; M. MULBJERG PEDERSEN ; H. NGUYEN ; A. MALM ; S. LENTON ; D. KORF ; A. KLEIN ; J. HEYDE ; P. HAKKARAINEN ; V. A. FRANK ; T. DECORTE ; M. BOUCHARD ; T. BLOK |Background: Internet-mediated research methods are increasingly used to access hidden populations. The International Cannabis Cultivation Questionnaire (ICCQ) is an online survey designed to facilitate international comparisons into the relative[...]Article : Périodique
M. RYCHERT ; C. WILKINS ; K. WITTEN |Introduction: New Zealand's Psychoactive Substances Act (PSA) 2013 established the world's first regulated legal market for low risk psychoactive products. Aim: To explore challenges in relation to regulating the retail environment and public c[...]Rapport
Differences in drug market conditions, for which data are often limited, can have important implications for the health and social harms of drug use and the related responses by relevant agencies in this field. A key component of monitoring illi[...]Périodique
C. WILKINS | 2001ENGLISH : One issue that has emerged from the study of the operation of illicit-drug markets is the question of how these markets avoid collapsing into anarchy, as neither drug users nor drug dealers can call on the police and courts to enforc[...]Rapport
G. MUNRO ; C. WILKINS | North Melbourne, Victoria : Australian Drug Foundation (ADF) | PolicyTalk | 2014FRANÇAIS : Ce rapport révise les connaissances actuelles en matière de nouvelles substances psychoactives et compare comment les autorités de santé répondent aux défis associés à ces substances. ENGLISH: The vexed issue of synthetic drugs i[...]Article : Périodique
A dozen or more regulatory frameworks have been proposed for legal cannabis but many of the "not-for-profit" options have yet to be developed in any detail, reducing the likelihood they will be seriously considered by policy makers. New Zealand'[...]Article : Périodique
ENGLISH : This paper draws on the emerging economic theory of organized crime to investigate the role organized criminal gangs play in outdoor illicit cannabis cultivation in New Zealand. Organized criminal groups are most likely to control il[...]Article : Périodique
BACKGROUND AND AIM: New Zealand has recently legalized medicinal cannabis and has explored the possibility of legalizing large-scale recreational cannabis supply. In the process, concerns have emerged regarding whether corporations involved in t[...]Article : Périodique
Background: There are increasing reports of social media being used to buy and sell illegal drugs internationally. Studies of social media drug markets to date have largely involved general explorations of social media drug transactions in selec[...]Article : Périodique
AIMS Few studies have examined the statistical association between methamphetamine/amphetamine use and acquisitive crime. Both methamphetamine/amphetamine and cannabis use have been implicated by New Zealand Police as factors in acquisitive offe[...]Article : Périodique
Background: Legal highs containing benzylpiperazine (BZP) were widely sold in New Zealand until BZP was prohibited in 2008. We examined the impact the prohibition had on the availability and price of BZP over following years. Methods: Two nati[...]