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Evolution of cannabis regulations and their overlooked link with money laundering: Australia as a critical case study

Tiwari, Milind; Ferrill, Jamie - In: Journal of Money Laundering Control 26 (2023) 5, pp. 970-988

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to interrogate if the legal status of a cannabis affects money laundering activity. The legal status of cannabis continues to evolve globally; at the same time, its market remains enormous. Much of this market represents dirty money from criminal acts, which...

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Amigos de la Hoja de Coca: history of a pioneering coca leaf fair-trade

Ghehiouèche, Farid; Riboulet-Zemouli, Kenzi - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 25 (2024) 2, pp. 155-172

Purpose The leaves of the Erythroxylum “coca” plant are a well-known food, beverage, and nutraceutical in their native Andean region. A decade ago, the European non-profit “Amigos de la Hoja de Coca” (Friends of the Coca Leaf) operated a short-lived fair-trade in raw coca leaves between...

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A decade of providing legal defence support for coca leaf cases in Spain

Sánchez Avilés, Constanza; Bouso, José Carlos - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 25 (2024) 2, pp. 132-145

Purpose In the past decade, there has been an increase in the number of people facing criminal proceedings related to the traditional use of the coca leaf in Spain. The profile of the defendants, in general, is similar: a migrant person, coming from a country where the traditional and cultural...

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Challenges, policy and politics in drug checking: reflections of the TEDItorial team

Van der Linden, Nicolas; Koning, Raoul Pieter Joost; … - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 23 (2022) 3, pp. 289-302

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to present some of the continued resistance and challenges faced by drug checking services (DCS) and review how the existing literature and the contributions to the special issue address them, with a view to making recommendations. Design/methodology/approach...

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Ayahuasca ceremonies: set and setting features across Italy and Colombia

Ambrosini, Federica; Pariset, Laura; Biolcati, Roberta - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 24 (2023) 4, pp. 351-371

Purpose Ayahuasca ceremonies are currently practiced all over the world. This study aims to investigate ayahuasca ceremonies in Colombia (where ayahuasca use is culturally entrenched) and Italy (where ayahuasca use has only recently spread). Design/methodology/approach In total, 32 Italian (53%...

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What is drug checking, anyway?

Barratt, Monica J.; Measham, Fiona - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 23 (2022) 3, pp. 176-187

Purpose The recent influx of interest in and the changing status of drug checking has led us to reconsider some fundamental questions about drug checking. This commentary aims to define drug checking. It proceeds in three parts: terminology, definitions and programmes that are excluded from the...

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Who uses drug checking services? Assessing uptake and outcomes at English festivals in 2018

Measham, Fiona; Simmons, Henry - In: Drugs, Habits and Social Policy 23 (2022) 3, pp. 188-199

Purpose This study aims to assess service user characteristics, uptake and outcomes for drug checking services offered to over 250,000 English festival-goers in summer 2018 and to compare findings with earlier years, wider festival-goers and the general population. Design/methodology/approach A...

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A Social Media Mining and Analysis Approach for Supporting Cyber Youth Work

Wang, W.M.; Cheung, Benny C.F.; Leung, Zeno C.S.; Chan, K.H. - In: International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Science … 8 (2017) 2, pp. 1-16

Cyber youth work is a pioneering and proactive approach used by non-government organizations to address the changing … needs of the youth groups, particularly those at-risk and “hidden” young people. This paper describes the development … process of a social media mining and analysis method, which is built to facilitate services for cyber youth work. The method …

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Training your staff (and the boss) to deal with drugs

Eckersley, E. Kenneth; Eckersley, E. Kenneth; Williams, … - In: Industrial and Commercial Training 31 (1999) 6, pp. 219-224

Drugs are hitting at the roots of our productivity and competitiveness, as their usage escalates amongst current employees and those entering full‐time work for the first time. Main symptoms are rising absenteeism, injuries, damage and stealing. But employers are having difficulty in...

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Survey into drink and illegal drug use in the workplace

In: Industrial and Commercial Training 31 (1999) 4

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