@article{ref1,
title="The normalisation of drug supply: the social supply of drugs as the "other side" of the history of normalisation",
journal="Drugs: education, prevention, and policy",
year="2016",
author="Coomber, Ross and Moyle, Leah and South, Nigel",
volume="23",
number="3",
pages="255-263",
abstract="Aims: Describes how the relative normalisation of recreational drug use in the UK has been productive of, and fused with, the relatively normalised and non-commercial social supply of recreational drugs. <br><br>METHODS: Semi-structured interviews with 60 social suppliers of recreational drugs in two studies (involving a student population n = 30 and general population sample n = 30). Respondents were recruited via purposive snowball sampling and local advertising. <br><br>FINDINGS: Both samples provided strong evidence of the normalised supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of friendship and close social networks. Many social suppliers described &quot;drift&quot; into social supply and normalised use was suggested to be productive of supply relationships that both suppliers and consumers regard as something less than &quot;real&quot; dealing in order to reinforce their preconceptions of themselves as relatively non-deviant. Some evidence for a broader acceptance of social supply is also presented. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The fairly recent context of relative normalisation of recreational drug use has coalesced with the social supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of use and exchange whereby a range of &quot;social&quot; supply acts (sometimes even involving large amounts of drugs/money) have become accepted as something closer to gift-giving or friendship exchange dynamics within social networks rather than dealing proper. To some degree, there is increasing sensitivity to this within the criminal justice system.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0968-7637",
doi="10.3109/09687637.2015.1110565",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1110565"
}