The rise of the mobile phone in the hard drug scene of Rotterdam

C Barendregt; A van der Poel; D van De Mheen

doi:10.1080/02791072.2006.10399830

The rise of the mobile phone in the hard drug scene of Rotterdam

C Barendregt^*, A van der Poel, D van De Mheen

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Abstract

The rise of mobile phone dealing in the retail market of heroin and cocaine in the city of Rotterdam is described. Multiple methods were used for the study, including analysis of street survey data (1998, 2000, 2003), qualitative and quantitative analysis of fieldwork data, and semi-open interviews with drug users and key informants. In 2000, 70% of the respondents to a street survey bought drugs from a mobile dealer. Qualitative data showed that the majority of mobile dealers have an ethnic Moroccan background; the reasons for this may include the ambiguous attitude of the Moroccan community towards drug crime, and repressive legislation causing the market to find alternatives for basic street dealing. The rise of mobile dealing is discussed as a form of reshaping of the drug market under prohibition.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	77-87
Journal	Journal of Psychoactive Drugs
Volume	38
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/02791072.2006.10399830
Publication status	Published - 2006
Externally published	Yes

Keywords

drug dealing
drug enforcement
drug markets
local drug policy
Moroccans
public nuisance
HEROIN
COCAINE
USERS

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The rise of the mobile phone in the hard drug scene of Rotterdam

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