Dealing Crack: The Social World of Streetcorner Selling (New England Criminal Behavior)

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By their nature, County Line drug networks tend to operate across police and local authority boundaries, although not exclusively. It’s nearly impossible for someone to use crack occasionally or recreationally because of how powerful and addictive the drug is.

Drawing on no-holds-barred interviews with active dealers, as well as on his own eyewitness observations of transactions and encounters with police, Jacobs captures the crack business as it actually operates on the streets. County Lines are not defined by the distance between the point of control and the point of distribution, but rather the mechanism by which that method of supply is supported; namely the use of a mobile telephone line and the use of vulnerable adults and children to facilitate the distribution.

Your relationship with the person will likely suffer, as addiction affects the brain in ways that lead to changes in behavior and personality. She had somehow managed to avoid her drug dealing activities coming to the attention of the police for a substantial period of time," said Mr Bashir.

For example, express how the person’s behavior is affecting you, but let them know that you will do whatever you can to help them get treatment.Cannabis gangs in particular are notorious for the trafficking and exploitation of Vietnamese children and other vulnerable people to carry out live-in work in dangerous cannabis factories. As the door leading to the cells was opened, the boy turned towards his mother and began screaming: "I want to see my mummy, I want my mummy," before kicking out at the officers trying to force him from court. Her wages were paid into the bank account but were left to accrue because she never withdrew any cash for her day-to-day expenditure. Their pay is often docked if they arrive late; they may be shot or maimed if they are even perceived as trying to cheat their employers, and many fall into such debt to their bosses that they have to go into hiding.