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  • Beyond the dark web: navigating the risks of cannabis supply over the surface web

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    Author(s)
    Childs, A
    Bull, M
    Coomber, R
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Childs, Andrew
    Year published
    2021
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    Abstract
    Common depictions of buying and selling illicit drugs online centre on how drug market actors engage in dark web drug cryptomarkets, but the supply of illicit drugs also takes place in ‘plain site’ on the surface web. Drawing on netnographic observations and qualitative interviews with hard-to-reach buyers and vendors (n = 20), this paper explores LeafedOut, a specific, popular surface web platform, that provides a conduit for local cannabis exchanges. We found that the platform enabled easy access and supply at the local level but increased some specific risks to those involved. Actors neutralised the perceived risks of ...
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    Common depictions of buying and selling illicit drugs online centre on how drug market actors engage in dark web drug cryptomarkets, but the supply of illicit drugs also takes place in ‘plain site’ on the surface web. Drawing on netnographic observations and qualitative interviews with hard-to-reach buyers and vendors (n = 20), this paper explores LeafedOut, a specific, popular surface web platform, that provides a conduit for local cannabis exchanges. We found that the platform enabled easy access and supply at the local level but increased some specific risks to those involved. Actors neutralised the perceived risks of drug supply over this surface web platform through the broader societal normalisation of cannabis use/supply, adopting encrypted messaging applications to cover ‘digital traces’, and developing various methods to establish trust with an exchange partner (e.g. review systems, sending selfies with drug paraphernalia, selectively choosing meet-up locations). This paper expands our understanding of the growing number of online illicit drug markets by shifting attention from dark web cryptomarkets to the much more widely accessed surface/clear web. Theoretical implications for the study of trust and risk in online illicit drug market exchanges are also considered.
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    Journal Title
    Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1916439
    Copyright Statement
    This is an Author's Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy, 04 May 2021, copyright Taylor & Francis, available online at: https://doi.org/10.1080/09687637.2021.1916439
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    This publication has been entered as an advanced online version in Griffith Research Online.
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    Health services and systems
    Public health
    Criminology
    Policy and administration
    Sociology
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/404707
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