Illicit Drug Distribution and Dealer Communication Behavior
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TL;DR
Findings indicated that dealers tended to be users of the drugs they sell, likely to deal for friendship or free drugs, and also that dealers of opiates or psychedelics initiated a greater number of non-users of drugs than did marijuana dealers.
Abstract
Fifty middle-class of illicit drugs were studied via snowball sampling techniques to define behavior characteristics and communication patterns. Findings indicated that dealers tended to be users of the drugs they sell, likely to deal for friendship or free drugs, and also that dealers of opiates or psychedelics initiated a greater number of non-users of drugs than did marijuana dealers. Friendship networks were the primary link in creating awareness about drugs, their eflects, abuse, and treatment, in addition to initiating neophytes to experimentation. Information seeking behaviors among dealers, non-dealer users and non-users are compared. Implications for drug abuse information dissemination and treatment are discussed.