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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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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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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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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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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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Misplaced marketing Imagine the television commercial: “No stems, no seeds that you don’t need, Baja Gold’s a real smooth weed”

Rotfeld, Herbert Jack - In: Journal of Consumer Marketing 18 (2001) 5, pp. 389-391

Discusses issues around marketing and the debate on legality of drugs. Notes that, while there has been a consideration of ways in which drug restrictions could be loosened, there is an underlying fear of the effects of marketing of such products. Looks also at issues surrounding the marketing...

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US Corporate Substance Abuse Policies: A Benchmark

Lorin Cook, Robert; Holton Wilson, J. - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 21 (1991) 3, pp. 31-38

Since logistics employee substance abuse can have a significant egative effect on logistics efficiency and effectiveness, logistics managers should develop policies and procedures effectively to control logistics employee substance abuse. This article provides a benchmark for managers who seek...

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Effects of Drug‐testing Programme on Employee Attitudes, Productivity and Attendance Behaviours

Elmuti, Dean - In: International Journal of Manpower 14 (1993) 5, pp. 58-69

Presents a longitudinal field study which compares changes in perceptions of productivity and attendance behaviours for participants in a drug‐testing programme in a manufacturing firm in the mid‐western USA. Employee efficiency, productivity and absenteeism changes related to the...

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Workplace drug testing: avoiding the testing addiction

Jardine‐Tweedie, Leanne; Wright, Phillip C. - In: Journal of Managerial Psychology 13 (1998) 8, pp. 534-543

This paper discusses the use of drugs in the workplace with particular enphasis on the practice of drug testing, outlining arguments, both for and against. We conclude that drug testing tends to destroy the employee‐employer relationship, recommending strongly not to engage in the practice....

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