The processes of reform in Victoria’s alcohol and other drug sector, 2011-2014 [PDF]
, 2014 This paper explores issues and concerns related to the 2014 alcohol and other drug sector recommissioning process in Victoria. Overview In mid-2014, the Victorian Alcohol and Drug Association approached the Drug Policy Modelling Program, at the ...
Drug Policy Modelling Program
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Substandard Quality of the Antimicrobials Sold in the Street Markets in Haiti
Antibiotics, 2020 This pilot study was conducted to analyze the quality of the antimicrobials sold in the street markets in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. A total of 258 packs containing antimicrobials were bought in 28 street markets in Port-au-Prince (Haiti).
Théodule Jean-Baptiste +7 more
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Modernising Drug Law Enforcement: Applying harm reduction principles to the policing of retail drug markets [PDF]
, 2013 Key Points: • The level of harm is more important than the size of the market. • Visible, open air drug markets tend to be more harmful per unit of use than hidden, closed drug markets • Policing tactics that are not experienced by the community as ...
Stevens, Alex
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Why Are Some Drug Markets More Violent than Others? An Analysis of Violence Using Fuzzy Logic
Social SciencesDrug markets display varying levels of violence across urban contexts, and understanding the drivers behind these differences is essential for designing effective interventions.
Williams Gilberto Jiménez García +1 more
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The internet and drug markets. [PDF]
, 2016 The last decade has seen the emergence of new internet technologies that have acted as important facilitators of online drug markets. The internet now hosts a range of virtual marketplaces (both on the surface and deep web) for selling and buying illicit
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Identification and quantification of change in Australian illicit drug markets
BMC Public Health, 2006 Background In early 2001 Australia experienced a sudden reduction in the availability of heroin which had widespread effects on illicit drug markets across the country.
Degenhardt Louisa +3 more
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Street Urban Peace in Contested Informalities: The Hidden Face of Colombia’s War on Drugs
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2021 Law enforcement interventions in drug markets require policy coordination to prevent collateral outcomes that might harm vulnerable people under criminal control and spread crime across places. This paper analyzes street-level peace building in the inner
Jorge Mantilla
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Low Impact, Wrong Direction: Why São Paulo State Drug Policy Is Inefficient and Ineffective
Journal of Illicit Economies and Development, 2019 This paper is the result of the study Apreensões de drogas no estado de São Paulo: Um raio-x das apreensões de drogas segundo ocorrências e massa [Drug Seizures in the State of São Paulo: An In-Depth View of Drug Seizures Broken Down by Number of ...
Leonardo de Carvalho Silva +1 more
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Monograph no 08: A review of approaches to studying illicit drug markets. [PDF]
, 2005 This Monograph (No. 08) provides a reflective account of the different disciplinary approaches to studying illicit drug markets. The term ‘drug market’ is used widely in illicit drug research, and means different things to different researchers.
Rombouts, Sacha, Mazerolle, Lorraine
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Risk terrain modeling for monitoring illicit drugs markets across Bogota, Colombia
Crime Science, 2018 Colombia has gone from being a producer and exporter of illicit drugs to becoming a country where consumption also plays an important role. In Bogota, as result of specific policies adopted by the authorities that hit illicit drugs hot spots, the sale ...
José A. Escudero, Boris Ramírez
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