scholarly journals Intersections of race, gender and the drug economy: Placing drugs in HIV discussions in Brazil

2022 ◽  
Vol 73 ◽  
pp. 102734
Author(s):  
Daniely Sciarotta ◽  
Mark Hunter
Keyword(s):  
Drug Economy

Potentially Dangerous Forms of Drug Economy

BMJ ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 1 (5444) ◽  
pp. 1247-1247
Author(s):  
E. T. Knudsen
Keyword(s):  
Drug Economy

Supply Reduction in Prison

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert L. Trestman ◽  
Ashbel.T. Wall
Keyword(s):  
Drug Testing ◽  
Addictive Disorders ◽  
Random Drug Testing ◽  
Phone Calls ◽  
High Prevalence ◽  
Broad Array ◽  
Drug Economy ◽  
Supply Reduction ◽  
Very High ◽  
Illicit Substances

Interdiction of addictive substances is a challenge in all settings. Prisons are no exception. Given the high prevalence of addictive disorders among prisoner populations the demand for illicit substances is very high. This chapter reviews the ways in which correctional staff have approached this concern, including a substantial focus on preventing illicit substances from entering the facility in the first place. This effort requires a broad array of interventions, including monitoring phone calls and mail; structuring and overseeing the visitation process; using trained canines; and employing intrusive searches any time a prisoner leaves the facility and returns. These efforts interface with an ongoing process to monitor prison activities for drugs that get past screening efforts. Random drug testing, canine tours of the facility, and an intricate system of informants, are each an element of effective monitoring activities. This chapter reviews the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of such interventions, and considers the consequences of failure. Given that such consequences may include staff corruption and the development or growth of a prison drug economy, effective interdiction is a priority in every well-run facility.

scholarly journals Networked territorialism: the routes and roots of organised crime

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andy Clark ◽  
Alistair Fraser ◽  
Niall Hamilton-Smith
Keyword(s):  
Rural Community ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Organised Crime ◽  
Deep Roots ◽  
Global Capital ◽  
Criminal Groups ◽  
Drug Economy ◽  
Similarity And Difference ◽  
The Impact ◽  
The Relationship

Abstract In the digital age, space has become increasingly structured by the circuitry of global capital, communications and commodities. This ‘network society’ splinters and fragments territorial space according to the hidden logic of networked global capital; with successful criminal entrepreneurs connecting bases in low-risk, controllable territories with high-profit markets. Drawing on a recent, large-scale study of organised crime in Scotland, in this paper we elaborate the relationship between place, territory and criminal markets in two contrasting communities. The first is an urban neighbourhood with a longstanding organised crime footprint, where recognised local criminal groups have established deep roots. The second is a rural community with a negligible organised crime footprint, where the drug economy is serviced by a mobile criminal network based in England. Through comparison of the historical roots and contemporary routes of these criminal markets, we note both similarity and difference. While both communities demonstrated evidence of ‘networked territorialism’, key differences related to historical and social antecedents, in particular the impact of deindustrialisation.

scholarly journals How the Illicit Drug Economy Contributes to HIV Risk in St Vincent and the Grenadines

2011 ◽  
Vol 10 (6) ◽  
pp. 396-406 ◽  
Author(s):  
Janet J. Myers ◽  
Andre Maiorana ◽  
Katharine Chapman ◽  
Rosemary Lall ◽  
Nadine Kassie ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hiv Risk ◽  
Hiv Transmission ◽  
Heavy Drinking ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Multiple Partners ◽  
Rapid Appraisal ◽  
Material Goods ◽  
Drug Economy ◽  
The Relationship

St Vincent and the Grenadines (SVG) is the largest marijuana producer in the Eastern Caribbean. As the European Union has phased out preferred access for its banana crop, marijuana has become one of the main sources of income and a safety net for many young men, in particular. HIV is a problem for youth in SVG where 60% of the population and 50% of cumulative AIDS cases are among individuals under 30 years of age. To explore the relationship between the economic context and HIV, we used rapid appraisal methods including field observations, interviews, and focus groups with 43 key informants. We found that the marijuana-related economy has contributed to social conditions favoring HIV transmission among young people in several interrelated ways. A lively youth culture exists which includes frequent parties, heavy drinking, sex with multiple partners, and the desire to be seen with the best material goods. Men with access to money are able to attract younger partners for parties and sex. Condoms are infrequently used. We conclude that reducing HIV risk will require structural interventions to reduce discrimination and increase economic opportunity.

Prisoner Society in an Era of Psychoactive Substances, Organized Crime, New Drug Markets and Austerity

2020 ◽  
Vol 60 (5) ◽  
pp. 1260-1281 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kate Gooch ◽  
James Treadwell
Keyword(s):  
Social Relations ◽  
Organized Crime ◽  
Social Order ◽  
Ethnographic Research ◽  
Drug Markets ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
The Social ◽  
Moral Performance ◽  
Hard Drugs ◽  
Drug Economy

Abstract Framed by the limited and now dated ethnographic research on the prison drug economy, this article offers new theoretical and empirical insights into how drugs challenge the social order in prisons in England and Wales. It draws on significant original and rigorous ethnographic research to argue that the ‘era of hard drugs’ has been superseded by an ‘era of new psychoactive drugs’, redefining social relations, transforming the prison illicit economy, producing new forms of prison victimization and generating far greater economic power and status for suppliers. These changes represent the complex interplay and compounding effects of broader shifts in political economy, technological advances, organized crime, prison governance and the declining legitimacy and moral performance of English and Welsh prisons.

Potentially Dangerous Forms of Drug Economy

BMJ ◽  
1965 ◽  
Vol 1 (5445) ◽  
pp. 1311-1311
Author(s):  
J. R. May
Keyword(s):  
Drug Economy
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