The drug trade as a global and national phenomenon -- Analytic perspectives for explaining the drug trade -- Conceptualizing consumption : drug use and drug users -- The production of psychoactive substances -- Distribution : linking producers and consumers -- Money laundering : money makes the...

Although Dutch policy on soft drugs (hashish, marijuana) generally has long been considered a success, there is a growing concern among policy makers about the unforeseen side effects of regulation policies. One of these side effects is the large-scale domestic cannabis cultivation, which,...

The aim of this paper is to assess the influence of coffee shop availability on the prevalence and intensity of cannabis use, as well as the effectiveness of the ‘separation of markets' policy. A convenience sample of night life visitors and a sub selection of last year cannabis users were...