The shift to (inter) regional production, trade and domestic cultivation has become an
irreversible international trend. Until now, the focus of most empirical work has been on …

For the majority of its history, the cultivation of cannabis did not stand out, at least compared
to the cultivation of other illegal plants. Cannabis plantations, like coca bush or opium poppy …

This chapter explores retail level or end-use drug distribution. The chapter reviews literature
describing different patterns of drug distribution at the point of overlap between 'supply'and …

This chapter examines Cannabis cultivation in the developing world. It analyses eradication
efforts directed against cannabis cultivation. The chapter provides an important update of the …

Abstract Background The European market for cannabis derivatives is being transformed.
The cultivation of cannabis within the EU and the shift of demand from hashish to domestic …

Organised Crime and Law Enforcement: A Network Perspective examines organised crime
and law enforcement through the conceptual lens of networks. The book takes stock of the …

This article focuses on the commercial cultivation of cannabis in England. Based on
extensive ethnographic fieldwork with organised crime groups in disadvantaged locales, we …

Background This paper uses the framework of institutional economics to assess the impact
of formal and informal institutions that influence the transaction costs on the cannabis …

This article examines particular features of the bottom level of the UK cannabis market and
the overlap between supply–supplier and use–user within that market. An Internet survey …

While cannabis has been widely used in the UK for over 50 years, it is only in recent
decades that domestic cultivation has become established. Public concern, media reporting …