Technology-facilitated drug dealing via social media in the Nordic countries

TY - RPRT

T1 - Technology-facilitated drug dealing via social media in the Nordic countries

AU - Demant, Jakob Johan

AU - Bakken, Silje Anderdal

PY - 2019/11/26

Y1 - 2019/11/26

N2 - Use of the internet has changed drug dealing over the past decade. While there is a growing understanding of the role of darknet drug markets, little is known about how drug dealing works on public online services such as social media. This study reports findings from a Nordic comparative study of social media drug dealing, which represents the first in-depth study of increasing levels of digitally mediated drug dealing outside cryptomarkets.

AB - Use of the internet has changed drug dealing over the past decade. While there is a growing understanding of the role of darknet drug markets, little is known about how drug dealing works on public online services such as social media. This study reports findings from a Nordic comparative study of social media drug dealing, which represents the first in-depth study of increasing levels of digitally mediated drug dealing outside cryptomarkets.

UR - http://www.emcdda.europa.eu/drugs-library/technology-facilitated-drug-dealing-social-media-nordic-countries

M3 - Report

T3 - EMCDDA commissioned paper

BT - Technology-facilitated drug dealing via social media in the Nordic countries

PB - EMCDDA

ER -