Research involving interviewing drug traffickers and police was used to construct a rough typology of UK trafficking firms as a means of organising the research data. ‘Abby’ – a former ecstasy dealer – fits into the ‘Trading Charities’ type. Not…
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Druglink article 1988 – Taking care of business by Edward Preble and John Casey
In 1969 Preble and Casey’s classic account of the illicit heroin economy in New York broke through prevailing images of the addict as a passive loser to portray the ghetto user / hustler as an active achiever. At the time…
Druglink article 1988 – Wheeling and dealing by Tom Aldridge
How local culture can influence the nature and spread of heroin use – sometimes tacitly encouraging, sometimes effectively resisting. Wheeling and dealing (PDF) Additional keywords: Drug subcultures, females, distribution
Druglink article 1986 – Benefits of the ‘pool hall’ by Robert Power
During its short tenure as a centre for drug dealing, the existence of the ‘pool hall’ in central London had some beneficial side-effects for police, dealers, users and welfare workers alike Benefits of the ‘pool hall’ (PDF)