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Drugs and the Internet
Citation
Van Buskirk, J and Roxburgh, A and Bruno, RB and Burns, L, Drugs and the Internet, Sydney: National Drug and Alcohol Research Centre, Australia (2014) [Contract Report]
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Abstract
To date the availability of illicit drugs in Australia has largely been examined through household surveys and interviews with people who use drugs; indicators such as drug seizures and arrests; and analyses of hospital admissions and drug-related deaths. However, over the past decade the Internet has developed as an additional source of information for discussion about and purchase of drugs (Walsh, 2011). In particular, the advent of the Silk Road in 2011 as an online marketplace, broadened out the availability of new psychoactive substances (NPS) and other more conventional illicit substances (such as cannabis and MDMA). After the closure of the Silk Road in October 2013, multiple new marketplaces emerged to take its place (Van Buskirk, Roxburgh, Farrell, & Burns, 2014a). Most recently the closure of Silk Road 2.0 and a large international law enforcement operation in November 2014 (dubbed Operation Onymous) have seen major changes in remaining dark web marketplaces.
This bulletin is the fourth in a series by the Drug Trends Unit that provides analysis of trends over time in the availability and type of substances sold via the internet to Australia. The current bulletin reports for the time period July 2014 to December 2014.
Item Details
Item Type: | Contract Report |
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Keywords: | internet; illicit drugs |
Research Division: | Psychology |
Research Group: | Other psychology |
Research Field: | Other psychology not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Public health (excl. specific population health) not elsewhere classified |
UTAS Author: | Bruno, RB (Associate Professor Raimondo Bruno) |
ID Code: | 106541 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Deposited By: | Psychology |
Deposited On: | 2016-02-13 |
Last Modified: | 2016-02-22 |
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