The normalisation of drug supply: The social<i>supply</i>of drugs as the “other side” of the history of normalisation

Coomber, Ross; Moyle, Leah; South, Nigel

doi:10.3109/09687637.2015.1110565

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“…Even at high levels, cannabis supply could be influenced by a particular market culture (Aspers, ) in which business narratives are frowned at (Coomber et al., ). The delineation between the business and friendship cultural narratives described earlier were not always clear, however.…”

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“…General market culture involves the narrative of the protagonist who conducts drug business in a calculated, controlled, and competent manner to maximize income (Sandberg & Fleetwood, 2017). In other social networks, however, this narrative may be challenged by cultural stories that emphasize fair prices between friends (Coomber, Moyle, & South, 2016). Price formation in drug distribution is embedded in social networks.…”

Section: Economic Sociological Approach To Pricing: Institutions Netmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Putting a price on drugs: An economic sociological study of price formation in illegal drug markets

Møller¹,

Sandberg²

2019

Criminology

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Prices in illegal drug markets are difficult to predict. Based on qualitative interviews with 68 incarcerated drug dealers in Norway, we explore dealers’ perspectives on fair prices and the processes that influence their pricing decisions. Synthesized through economic sociology, we draw on perspectives from traditions as different as behavioral economics and cultural analysis to demonstrate how participants in illicit drug distribution base their pricing decisions on institutional context, social networks, and drug market cultures. We find that dealers take institutional constraints into consideration and search for niches with high earnings and low risks. The use of transactions embedded in social networks promotes a trusting form of governance, which enables strategic network management and expedient distribution but also uncompetitive pricing. Finally, dealers’ pricing decisions are embedded in three different cultures narratives: business, friendship, and street cultural stories, with widely varying implications for prices. Our findings demonstrate how an economic sociology of illicit drug distribution can extend insights from behavioral economics and cultural studies into a coherent criminology of illegal drug markets.

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Section: Economic Sociological Approach To Pricing: Institutions Netmentioning

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Putting a price on drugs: An economic sociological study of price formation in illegal drug markets

Møller¹,

Sandberg²

2019

Criminology

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“…Users also maintain access through extended friendship networks that facilitate the cultural diffusion of the practice. Social networks of supply—characterized by casual access, reciprocity, and sharing—contribute to shared meanings about the use of cannabis as an unremarkable or “normal” thing to do (Coomber, Moyle, and South ; Hathaway et al ).…”

Section: A Sociological Perspectivementioning

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Evidence‐based policy development for cannabis? Insights on preventing use by youth

Hathaway¹

2019

Can Public Adm

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This article challenges the assumptions underlying the shared federal, provincial, and territorial goals of reducing criminal involvement in the drug trade and preventing substance use by youth. These official government objectives, it is argued, reflect a harmful tendency that continues the tradition of neglecting decades of sociological research on the efficiency of informal sources of control. Rather than continue to prioritize prevention, consistent evidence-based policy development for cannabis requires articulation of more informed and realistic goals of harm reduction. New educational initiatives need to build on informal controls that more effectively regulate responsible substance use behaviour.Sommaire : Cet article remet en question les hypothèses sous-tendant les objectifs communs des gouvernements fédéral, provinciaux et territoriaux qui consistent à diminuer l'activité criminelle dans le trafic de la drogue et à prévenir la toxi comanie chez les jeunes. Nous soutenons que ces objectifs gouvernementaux officiels reflètent la tendance néfaste qui persiste dans la tradition de négliger des décennies de recherche sociologique sur l'efficacité de sources de contrôle informelles. Plutôt que de continuer à faire de la prévention une priorité, l'élaboration d'une politique sur le cannabis cohérente et fondée sur des données probantes requiert la définition d'objectifs de la réduction des méfaits qui soient mieux informés et plus réalistes. De nouvelles initiatives éducatives doivent s'appuyer sur des formes de contrôle informelles qui régissent plus efficacement un comportement de toxicomanie responsable. et al. 2018). These research findings are consistent with each other and cast doubt on the coherence of the primary objectives of the government.This article builds on classic contributions to the literature about the relative effectiveness of formal and informal sources of control among illicit drug consumers. The analysis presented raises questions in particular about the feasibility of displacing the illicit market and the public health objective of reducing use by youth. The article's primary contribution is to further the advancement of sociological perspectives informing policy discussions about cannabis legalization as a regulatory measure targeting reduction of drug use-related harm. Formal bureaucratic forms of governance are hampered by their failure to account for the efficiency of networks of informal interaction in regulating norms of conduct.The goals of legalization from this standpoint, it is argued, are based on faulty premises about the characteristics of the illicit market and related patterns of supply and use behaviour. As cannabis has moved from the margins to the mainstream, informal social practices long recognized by users remain the most effective ways of regulating use. The potential for effective harm reduction and prevention would be significantly enhanced, for young adolescents in particular, through further recognition and support for interaction between formal and informal m...

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“…Many producers of drugs are importing raw components from India, China and Europe. If some of these abroad suppliers has supply problems (Newman 2016) such as political, economic, historical (Coomber et al 2016), environmental, etc., these could lead to shortage. The delays in supply of raw material leads to production overcrowded after the raw material is arrived.…”

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Supply and Demand Drug Shortage Causes: Patient-centric Business Model and its Application

Bublienė¹,

Burinskienė²

2019

AJHMS

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In this study, the authors have investigated supply and demand drug shortage causes and highlighted the collaborative business model in solving drug shortages. The aim of this research is to build a collaborative business model helping to investigate how to deal with drug shortages. The authors have included employee and patient relationship into collaborative business model. Following the analysis of the evolution of the term "business model", it is noted that the evolution of the term is closely linked to the development of B2(B2B) (McGlinchey and Toews 2017). In scientific literature there are mentioned more than 50 elements of the concept structure of the business model. In the study authors provided patient-centric business model and selected 9 main structure elements connected to the areas of key resources, key activities, and value system. The study consists of three parts. In the first one, the paper discloses the concept of a business model and the evolution of business models. In the second part, address the importance of links between distribution channel partners to solve drug shortage causes in distribution channel. The legal regulation provided in a good practice of supply of medicine in the chain and the right of the patients were highlighted to access to the goods and services. In the third part, the application of business model scenario in the pharma sector that might guarantee high level of protection of human health is presented. Herein several medical distribution channel scenarios are compared and their influence on drug shortage is presented. The research study is based on time horizon and event tree analysis.

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The normalisation of drug supply: The socialsupplyof drugs as the “other side” of the history of normalisation

Cited by 76 publications

References 36 publications

Putting a price on drugs: An economic sociological study of price formation in illegal drug markets

Putting a price on drugs: An economic sociological study of price formation in illegal drug markets

Evidence‐based policy development for cannabis? Insights on preventing use by youth

Supply and Demand Drug Shortage Causes: Patient-centric Business Model and its Application

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