Prohibiton On Drugs Flashcards
What are the social and health consequences of prohibition policies?
Poor drug purity
Increased stigmatisation and social exclusion
Higher drug related deaths
What are positive consequences of prohibition policies?
Offenders get access to health care, education and treatment in prison
Reduce their risk behaviour and drug use
What is a county line gang?
A criminal group that transports illegal drugs from one place to another through a mobile phone device usually by vulnerable young people who are coerced into the gang
What groups in society are at risk due to county line gangs?
Children, young people and drug users
How do county line gangs lure children in?
Tangible gifts such as stolen goods, favours and monetary rewards (NCA, 2017)
What is cuckooing?
The invasion of vulnerable peoples homes to use it for drug dealing?
What is coupling cuckooing?
Exchanging sex for drugs so drug users can fun their addiction
What is the target group for cuckooing?
Single female households (Spicer et al (2019)
What is Liverpool well known for?
Drug supply and county line gangs (McLean et al, 2019)
What is the black market?
An illegal trade due to the products being difficult or illegal to buy which does not inform the government
What are the impacts of increased prices?
-Bankrupt drug users so it increases the amount of crime they commit
-Reduces the money available for important commodities such as hygiene, food, clothing, shelter and healthcare wh
How many overdosed deaths are due to drug consumption rooms?
Zero
How does drug related deaths increase?
Prohibition stops drugs such as class a and b drugs from being under a prescription system and received through drug consumption facilities
What is a drug court programme?
A court designed for offenders who are drugs users/addicts instead of processing them through a normal court system
What are family based interventions?
Therapy with family members so they understand the addiction and to reduce drug misuse, this includes couples which is bringing in a non-drug misuse partner
What are the results for family based interventions?
-More positive outcomes than individual based approaches
-reduction in substance misuse and improvement in family functioning if there was improved engagement
-Better mental health and harm reduction
What do family therapy and CBT have in common?
Both produce positive results in reducing adolescent substance use
What are the results for drug court programmes?
-Participants in adult drug courts have lower recidivism than non-participants
-Reduction in drug related recidivism from 50%-37%
How much reduction in reoffending does juvenile drug courts show?
5%
Why do health care providers hold negative beliefs on drug addicts?
They feel they abuse the healthcare system through drug seeking
How does stigmatisation on drug users effect non users such as family?
Discouraged to seek help from healthcare
How do black markets differ?
Pricing strategies
Production quality
How does poor drug purity affect drug users?
The risk of overdose
Increase in drug addiction
Why are drug consumption rooms and having a prescription system safer?
Reduced ingredients
What does poor drug purity mean?
Drugs dealers are unaware of what and how much is in the drugs they are selling
Due to stigmatisation related to their drug use what do you drug users experience?
Reduced access to health and social services hindering treatment seeking
What are the dangers of county line gangs?
Emotional trauma
Physical injuries
Living in unclean environments
Debt bondage
Sexual violence
How do young boys end up joining a county line gang
Blackmailed, threatened and seriously hurt (LEE, 2022)
How does the elevated price level affect drug users?
Reduced the money available for important commodities such as food, water, hygiene, and shelter (Bretteville-Jensen et al, 2017)
Bankrupts them which leads to them committing more crimes (Babor et al, 2019)
How does no prescription system and drug consumption rooms impact young people?
No easy access to advice or good information for young people on how to use drugs safely to reduce overdose (VICE, 2021)
