The normalisation of drug supply: The social<i>supply</i>of drugs as the “other side” of the history of normalisation

Aims: Describes how the relative normalisation of recreational drug use in the UK has been productive of, and fused with, the relatively normalised and non-commercial social supply of recreational drugs. Methods: Semi-structured interviews with 60 social suppliers of recreational drugs in two studies (involving a student population n = 30 and general population sample n = 30). Respondents were recruited via purposive snowball sampling and local advertising. Findings: Both samples provided strong evidence of the normalised supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of friendship and close social networks. Many social suppliers described “drift” into social supply and normalised use was suggested to be productive of supply relationships that both suppliers and consumers regard as something less than “real” dealing in order to reinforce their preconceptions of themselves as relatively non-deviant. Some evidence for a broader acceptance of social supply is also presented. Conclusions: The fairly recent context of relative normalisation of recreational drug use has coalesced with the social supply of recreational drugs in micro-sites of use and exchange whereby a range of “social” supply acts (sometimes even involving large amounts of drugs/money) have become accepted as something closer to gift-giving or friendship exchange dynamics within social networks rather than dealing proper. To some degree, there is increasing sensitivity to this within the criminal justice system

Arts Council of Australia, N.S.W. Division : a five years' record, 1943-1947.

Electronic reproduction. Canberra, A.C.T. : National Library of Australia, 2010

Designing galleries The complete guide to developing and designing spaces and services for temporary exhibitions

SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m02/21860 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

Designing galleries The complete guide to developing and designing spaces and services for temporary exhibitions

SIGLEAvailable from British Library Document Supply Centre-DSC:m02/21860 / BLDSC - British Library Document Supply CentreGBUnited Kingdo

Health of lesbian, bisexual and queer women in Sydney: The 2004 Sydney Women and Sexual Health survey

This report is based on a survey first carried out in 1996 and repeated every two years since then. A two-page self-complete questionnaire was distributed between February and May 2004 to women attending the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Fair Day and at several other gay/lesbian community venues and health services. Information was sought on sexual identitiy and other personal characteristics, sexual practices, sexual health, and drug use. The responses of 440 women who identified as lesbian, bisexual, queer or 'other' were analysed

Gay Community Periodic Survey: Sydney 1996-2002

Gay Community Periodic Surveys surveys are regularly conducted in Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Cairns, Canberra, Adelaide and Perth to monitor changes in sexual and other risk practices over time among Australian gay men who are gay community attached, recruited from gay sex-on-premises venues, social sites and clinics