Exploring the structure of the illegal market for cannabis

Economist

Volumn 154, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 547-562

  Wilkins, Chris ^a   Sweetsur, Paul ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cannabis; Earnings from drug dealing; Illegal market structure; National household drug survey

Indexed keywords

CONSUMPTION BEHAVIOR; DRUGS TRADE; ECONOMIC STRUCTURE; HOUSEHOLD SURVEY; RETAILING;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

CANNABIS;

EID: 33845341791     PISSN: 0013063X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10645-006-9029-7     Document Type: Article

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