TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2014//
TI  - Global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation: sample characteristics and patterns of growing across eleven countries
JO  - International journal on drug policy
A1  - Potter, Gary R.
A1  - Barratt, Monica J.
A1  - Malm, Aili
A1  - Bouchard, Martin
A1  - Blok, Thomas
A1  - Christensen, Anne-Sofie
A1  - Decorte, Tom
A1  - Frank, Vibeke Asmussen
A1  - Hakkarainen, Pekka
A1  - Klein, Axel
A1  - Lenton, Simon
A1  - Perälä, Jussi
A1  - Werse, Bernd
A1  - Wouters, Marije
SP  - 226
EP  - 237
VL  - 26
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND: This article aims to provide an overview of: demographic characteristics; experiences with growing cannabis; methods and scale of growing operations; reasons for growing; personal use of cannabis and other drugs; participation in cannabis and other drug markets; contacts with the criminal justice system for respondents to an online survey about cannabis cultivation drawn from eleven countries (N=6530). Important similarities and differences between the national samples recruited will be discussed. <br><br>METHODS: This paper utilizes data from the online web survey of predominantly 'small-scale' cannabis cultivators in eleven countries conducted by the Global Cannabis Cultivation Research Consortium (GCCRC). Here we focus primarily on descriptive statistics to highlight key similarities and differences across the different national samples. <br><br>RESULTS: Overall there was a great deal of similarity across countries in terms of: demographic characteristics; experiences with growing cannabis; methods and scale of growing operations; reasons for growing; use of cannabis and other drugs; participation in cannabis and other drug markets, and; contacts with the criminal justice system. In particular, we can recognise that a clear majority of those small-scale cannabis cultivators who responded to our survey are primarily motivated for reasons other than making money from cannabis supply and have minimal involvement in drug dealing or other criminal activities. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: These growers generally come from 'normal' rather than 'deviant' backgrounds. Some differences do exist between the samples drawn from different countries suggesting that local factors (political, geographical, cultural, etc.) may have some influence on how small-scale cultivators operate, although differences in recruitment strategies in different countries may also account for some differences observed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0955-3959
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2014.12.007
ID  - ref1
ER  -