{"title":"Drop-off drug distribution: why users choose to source illegal drugs from delivery dealers","authors":"T. F. Søgaard","doi":"10.1080/2578983X.2019.1667676","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT While drug dealing organized as drop-off delivery services is not a new phenomenon, research indicates that it is on the rise. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction recently described how the European cocaine market is undergoing a process of ‘[u]bernisation’, where more sellers promote additional services beyond the product itself, such as ‘fast delivery anywhere at any time’. Based on the assumption that developments in retail-level drug distribution are fuelled by supply-side as well as demand-side processes, this paper reports key findings from a qualitative study in Denmark exploring user motivations for purchasing drugs from drop-off delivery dealers.","PeriodicalId":36682,"journal":{"name":"Nordic Journal of Criminology","volume":"59 1","pages":"213 - 222"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2019-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Nordic Journal of Criminology","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/2578983X.2019.1667676","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q2","JCRName":"Social Sciences","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
ABSTRACT While drug dealing organized as drop-off delivery services is not a new phenomenon, research indicates that it is on the rise. The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction recently described how the European cocaine market is undergoing a process of ‘[u]bernisation’, where more sellers promote additional services beyond the product itself, such as ‘fast delivery anywhere at any time’. Based on the assumption that developments in retail-level drug distribution are fuelled by supply-side as well as demand-side processes, this paper reports key findings from a qualitative study in Denmark exploring user motivations for purchasing drugs from drop-off delivery dealers.