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    Social capital and cannabis supply

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    Authors
    Scott, J.
    Grigg, J.
    Barratt, Monica
    Lenton, Simon
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Scott, J. and Grigg, J. and Barratt, M. and Lenton, S. 2017. Social capital and cannabis supply. Journal of Sociology. 53 (2): pp. 382-397.
    Source Title
    Journal of Sociology
    DOI
    10.1177/1440783316688342
    ISSN
    1440-7833
    School
    National Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54901
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    © 2017, © The Author(s) 2017. The distribution of cannabis in Australia is examined with reference to motivations for supplying drugs. We argue that the distribution of cannabis in Australia is best understood with reference to the concept of social supply, where a supplier, not considered to be a ‘drug dealer proper’, brokers, facilitates or sells drugs, for little or no financial gain to friends and acquaintances. The article draws on data from surveys and interviews with 200 young Australian cannabis users, almost all of whom had also supplied cannabis at some point in their lifetime. We further theorise the concept of social supply with reference to social capital. We argue that a sociological understanding of drug distribution should focus on drug communities, as opposed to markets, describing the features of social organisation that exist between people within social networks and related implications that such features might have in terms of social harm and well-being.

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