The importance of culture for cannabis markets

British Journal of Criminology

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 1133-1151

  Sandberg, Sveinung ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

cannabis; culture; drug dealers; economic sociology; economic theory; markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867520822     PISSN: 00070955     EISSN: 14643529     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bjc/azs031     Document Type: Article

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