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dc.contributor.authorScott, J.
dc.contributor.authorGrigg, J.
dc.contributor.authorBarratt, Monica
dc.contributor.authorLenton, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2017-07-27T05:22:37Z
dc.date.available2017-07-27T05:22:37Z
dc.date.created2017-07-26T11:11:11Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationScott, J. and Grigg, J. and Barratt, M. and Lenton, S. 2017. Social capital and cannabis supply. Journal of Sociology. 53 (2): pp. 382-397.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/54901
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/1440783316688342
dc.description.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.

dc.publisherSage Publications
dc.titleSocial capital and cannabis supply
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume53
dcterms.source.number2
dcterms.source.startPage382
dcterms.source.endPage397
dcterms.source.issn1440-7833
dcterms.source.titleJournal of Sociology
curtin.departmentNational Drug Research Institute (NDRI)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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