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Article: Instantly Hooked? Freebies and Samples of Opioids, Cannabis, MDMA, and Other Drugs in an Illicit E-Commerce Market
Title | Instantly Hooked? Freebies and Samples of Opioids, Cannabis, MDMA, and Other Drugs in an Illicit E-Commerce Market |
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Authors | |
Keywords | addiction cryptomarkets cybercrime drug trade illegal markets marketing |
Issue Date | 2018 |
Citation | Journal of Drug Issues, 2018, v. 48, n. 2, p. 226-245 How to Cite? |
Abstract | Do drug dealers entice nonusers with free samples? Police, the popular press, and social media users say so, but crime researchers have found little support for this theory and argue instead that sample distribution is an unsound strategy for illegal market business. But what about in digital drug markets, where operational logics are based on sophisticated anonymization technology and reputation systems? The author collected data from a large e-commerce website for drugs over 305 days in 2014 and 2015 and documents that (a) drug dealers give away samples of all major substance categories and (b) sample distribution increases vendor sales for prescription drugs and opioid-based painkillers. To explore possible explanations of these findings, the author collected data from the market’s online forum and analyzed 175 discussions (2,218 posts) about samples. Among the findings is that samples are preferably given to reputable review writers, or “drug critics.”. |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344479 |
ISSN | 2023 Impact Factor: 1.2 2023 SCImago Journal Rankings: 0.478 |
DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Ladegaard, Isak | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2024-07-31T03:03:44Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2024-07-31T03:03:44Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2018 | - |
dc.identifier.citation | Journal of Drug Issues, 2018, v. 48, n. 2, p. 226-245 | - |
dc.identifier.issn | 0022-0426 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/344479 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Do drug dealers entice nonusers with free samples? Police, the popular press, and social media users say so, but crime researchers have found little support for this theory and argue instead that sample distribution is an unsound strategy for illegal market business. But what about in digital drug markets, where operational logics are based on sophisticated anonymization technology and reputation systems? The author collected data from a large e-commerce website for drugs over 305 days in 2014 and 2015 and documents that (a) drug dealers give away samples of all major substance categories and (b) sample distribution increases vendor sales for prescription drugs and opioid-based painkillers. To explore possible explanations of these findings, the author collected data from the market’s online forum and analyzed 175 discussions (2,218 posts) about samples. Among the findings is that samples are preferably given to reputable review writers, or “drug critics.”. | - |
dc.language | eng | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | Journal of Drug Issues | - |
dc.subject | addiction | - |
dc.subject | cryptomarkets | - |
dc.subject | cybercrime | - |
dc.subject | drug trade | - |
dc.subject | illegal markets | - |
dc.subject | marketing | - |
dc.title | Instantly Hooked? Freebies and Samples of Opioids, Cannabis, MDMA, and Other Drugs in an Illicit E-Commerce Market | - |
dc.type | Article | - |
dc.description.nature | link_to_subscribed_fulltext | - |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1177/0022042617746975 | - |
dc.identifier.scopus | eid_2-s2.0-85042776705 | - |
dc.identifier.volume | 48 | - |
dc.identifier.issue | 2 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 226 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 245 | - |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1945-1369 | - |