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Category: Illicit Drug Markets

Barrat, M., Bouchard, M., Decorte, T., Asmussen Frank, V., Hakkarainen, P., Lenton, S., Malm, A., Nguyen. H., Potter, G. R. (2012). Understanding global patterns of domestic cannabis cultivation. Drugs and Alcohol Today, 12, 213-221.

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Purpose: Unlike other plant‐based drugs, cannabis is increasingly grown within the country of consumption, requires minimal processing before consumption, and can be easily grown almost anywhere using indoor or outdoor cultivation techniques. Developments in agronomic technologies have led to global growth in domestic cultivation, both by cannabis users for self‐ and social‐supply, and by more commercially‐oriented…

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Werb, D., Bouchard, M., Kerr, T., Montaner, J., Wood, E. (2011). Drug dealing cessation among a cohort of drug users in Vancouver, Canada. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 118, 459-463.

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Drug dealing among drug users has been associated with elevated risk-taking and negative health outcomes. However, little is known about the cessation of drug dealing among this population. We assessed time to cessation of drug dealing using Cox regression. We also used generalized estimating equation (GEE) analysis and chi-square analysis to examine factors associated with…

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Kalacska, M., Bouchard, M.** (2011). Using police seizure data and hyperspectral imagery to estimate the size of an outdoor cannabis industry. Police Practice, and Research: An International Journal, 12, 424-434.

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** both authors had equal contributions, order of authors picked randomly In this paper, we take advantage of aerial police detection data and compare them to an analysis of airborne hyperspectral imagery to estimate the size of outdoor cannabis production in a high density cultivation area located in British Columbia, Canada. The results suggest that…

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Bouchard, M., Ouellet, F. (2011). Is small beautiful? The link between risks and size in illegal drug markets. Global Crime, 12, 70-86.

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A well-known finding of research on illegal markets is that drug-dealing organisations operate in risky and uncertain market and intra-organisational conditions that considerably limit their size and their survival time. Yet, little is known about the organisations or individual dealers who are more successful than others at avoiding arrest and incarceration, especially in regard to…

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Gallupe, O., Bouchard, M., Caulkins, J. (2011). No change is a good change? Restrictive deterrence in illegal drug markets. Journal of Criminal Justice, 39, 81-89.

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This study applies the concept of restrictive deterrence to a sample of drug market offenders. In particular, we assess the influence of behavioral changes post-arrest on time to rearrest. The sample consists of arrest data on all drug offences in South Australia from the start of 2000 to the end of 2007 (n = 26819)….

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Nguyen, H. Bouchard, M. (2010). Patterns of youth participation in cannabis cultivation. Journal of Drug Issues, 39, 263-294.

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The current study examines the patterns of youth participation in cannabis cultivation by developing a typology among a sample of young offenders (n=175) in a rural region of Quebec, Canada known for its extensive outdoor cultivation industry. A hierarchical cluster analysis approach is used to group participants on various dimensions: motivation, substance use, delinquency and…

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Bouchard, M., Gallupe, O., & Descormiers, K. (2010). Estimation of the Size of the Illicit Methamphetamine and MDMA Markets in Canada: A Discussion Paper on Potential Methods and Data Sources (003). Public Safety Canada.

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The purpose of this report is to re-examine the scientific and grey literature on current methods of estimating the size of illegal markets, with an emphasis on the meth/MDMA markets. The first part of this paper reviews the current data available from various surveys on the prevalence of Amphetamine-Type Stimulants (ATS) and MDMA use in…

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Fischer, B., Bibby, M., Bouchard, M. (2010). Non-medical use and diversion of psychotropic prescription drugs in North America: A review of sourcing routes and control measures. Addiction, 105, 2062-70.

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North America features some of the world’s highest consumption levels for controlled psychoactive prescription drugs (PPDs; e.g. prescription opioids, benzodiazepines, stimulants), with non-medical use and related harms (e.g. morbidity, mortality) rising in key populations in recent years. While the determinants, characteristics and impacts of these ‘use’ problems are increasingly well documented, little is known about…

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