“A Friend With Weed Is a Friend Indeed”

Běláčková, Vendula; Vaccaro, Christian

doi:10.1177/0022042613475589

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“…Themes that emerged from an analysis of respondent responses regarding the benefits of social dealing include “better, cheaper drugs” and “minimize risks.” Mutual supply also facilitates the “shared experience” of members of the friendship group. Respondents emphasized the communal experience of taking ecstasy and the “shared high” is facilitated by mutual supply across the friendship network, for example, “share the fun so everyone can be part of it”; “everyone gets the same thing and they all get on it at the same time”; “they could all be on the same high.” Results support the findings of Belackova and Vaccaro (2013) regarding the use of social supply to mitigate risks. Indeed, mutual supply may be the currency of social exchange in social networks of ecstasy users.…”

Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

“…For example, Grigg, Lenton, Scott, and Barratt (2015) found that among a sample of 200 cannabis users, 94% reported that they had supplied cannabis to someone else at some point in their life, with the majority of those reporting that they supplied only to friends and family or only to friends and family of their friends. In a study of 182 young people aged 11 to 19 years in the United Kingdom, nearly a quarter never purchased cannabis, but relied on friends to provide them with the drug (Belackova & Vaccaro, 2013).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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“Just Doing a Favor for a Friend”: The Social Supply of Ecstasy Through Friendship Networks

Bright

Sutherland

2017

Journal of Drug Issues

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The current project focused on the “not for profit” supply of illicit drugs within social networks. The aims of the study were to (a) explore the characteristics of social supply of ecstasy and the typical ways in which social dealing occurs, and (b) explore the benefits of social supply as perceived by those who engage in social supply. Overall, the results suggest that social supply of ecstasy occurs in dense, closely knit friendship networks and that mutual supply may be common. Users within friendship networks source ecstasy independently and concurrently supply to members of the group to ensure consistent supply of quality product and to minimize risks of health harms and criminal justice consequences. Social dealing produces little or no financial profit, yet the majority of participants in this study purchased ecstasy in amounts that expose them to significant criminal justice penalties.

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Section: Discussionsupporting

confidence: 83%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“Just Doing a Favor for a Friend”: The Social Supply of Ecstasy Through Friendship Networks

Bright

Sutherland

2017

Journal of Drug Issues

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“…Similarly, in a qualitative study with cannabis users and retailers in Florida, some men discussed the role of cannabis for facilitating private moments with women they were attracted to [43]:…”

Section: Cannabis Use In Intimate Relationshipsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Gender Norms, Roles and Relations and Cannabis-Use Patterns: A Scoping Review

Hemsing

Greaves

2020

IJERPH

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Currently, boys and men use cannabis at higher rates than girls and women, but the gender gap is narrowing. With the legalization of recreational cannabis use in Canada and in multiple US states, these trends call for urgent attention to the need to consider how gender norms, roles and relations influence patterns of cannabis use to inform health promotion and prevention responses. Based on a scoping review on sex, gender and cannabis use, this article consolidates existing evidence from the academic literature on how gender norms, roles and relations impact cannabis-use patterns. Evidence is reviewed on: adherence to dominant masculine and feminine norms and cannabis-use patterns among adolescents and young adults, and how prevailing norms can be both reinstated or reimagined through cannabis use; gendered social dynamics in cannabis-use settings; and the impact of gender roles and relations on cannabis use among young adults of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities. Findings from the review are compared and contrasted with evidence on gender norms, roles and relations in the context of alcohol and tobacco use. Recommendations for integrating gender transformative principles in health promotion and prevention responses to cannabis use are provided.

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“…There are some anecdotal reports of this taking place (Stephenson & Richardson, 2014); however, the overall extent to which this is happening remains unknown. Given that social supply is common among illicit drug users (Belackova & Vaccaro, 2013;Bernard & Werse, 2013;Fowler, Kinner, & Krenske, 2007;Lenton, Grigg, Scott, Barratt, & Eleftheriadis, 2015), it seems likely that this practice would extend to NPS and online marketplaces. Furthermore, little is known about the extent to which people are obtaining NPS from online sources for the purposes of dealing for cash profit.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%