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  • The normalisation of drug supply: The social supply of drugs as the "other side" of the history of normalisation

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    Coomber, Ross
    Moyle, Leah
    South, Nigel
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    Coomber, Ross
    Moyle, Leah
    Year published
    2016
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    Abstract
    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 ...
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    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.
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    Journal Title
    Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
    Volume
    23
    Issue
    3
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1110565
    Copyright Statement
    © 2015 Taylor & Francis. This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy on 18 Dec 2015, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.3109/09687637.2015.1110565
    Subject
    Criminological theories
    Policy and administration
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/141595
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