@article{ref1,
title="Ring and bring drug services: delivery dealing and the social life of a drug phone",
journal="International journal on drug policy",
year="2019",
author="Friis Søgaard, Thomas and Kolind, Torsten and Birk Haller, Mie and Hunt, Geoffrey",
volume="69",
number="",
pages="8-15",
abstract="BACKGROUND: Illegal drug dealers no longer compete for customers only through the quality of their products, but also in convenience and speed of delivery. This article investigates &quot;ring and bring&quot; drug dealing, and argues that a focus on dealers' use of mobile phones is useful for exploring current changes within retail level drug markets. <br><br>METHODS: The article is based on 21 face-to-face in-depth interviews with active drug dealers in Denmark all of whom were involved in the delivery of drugs (mainly cannabis and cocaine) often to buyers' homes. <br><br>RESULTS: Contrary to studies emphasising how drug dealers often take up new communication technologies with enthusiasm, the dealers in this study displayed a technological conservatist stance. Moreover, mobile phones have become key to dealers' construction of in-group hierarchies, and have led to retail level drug selling becoming more flexible, individualised and more of a service on par with other services in the consumer society. Finally, the increasing use of mobile phones has also created a situation where portfolios of drug customers, held on cell phone SIM cards, are today traded and sold alongside other commodities in the drug economy. <br><br>CONCLUSION: We show how a social constructivist approach to technology can provide a more detailed and nuanced account of the socio-technical ensemble and the meaning-making processes giving shape to retail level &quot;delivery dealing.&quot;   Keyword: Cannabis impaired driving <br><br>Copyright © 2019 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0955-3959",
doi="10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.003",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.02.003"
}