Situating Vulnerability and Exploitation in Street-Level Drug Markets: Cuckooing, Commuting, and the “County Lines” Drug Supply Model
Situating Vulnerability and Exploitation in Street-Level Drug Markets: Cuckooing, Commuting, and the “County Lines” Drug Supply Model
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街头毒品市场的脆弱性和剥削：杜鹃、通勤和“县线”毒品供应模式
作者：
L. Moyle
联合王国现已确立了“县线”毒品交易的供应模式，即毒品贩子从城市中心前往省级地点零售海洛因和快克可卡因。这一市场趋势与新的和不断发展的分配做法有关，但可以说最有问题的是它对弱势群体所从事的剥削性劳动形式的依赖。本文主要是对当地涉毒成年人的采访，是第一次进行深入分析他们的经验，有风险的街头劳动力在“东道国”的城镇。调查结果表明，尽管暴力和恐吓，许多人认为县线劳动力作为首选其他创收活动，相反，流行的执法叙事，他们往往成为参与，但受限制的选择。因此，有人认为，政策对策可能类似于通过多机构支持建设复原力，使“结构脆弱”人口更有能力摆脱剥削关系。
The emergence of “county lines” drug dealing, a supply model which sees drug dealers travel from urban hubs to provincial locations to retail heroin and crack cocaine, is now established in the United Kingdom. This market trend has been associated with novel and evolving distribution practices, yet arguably most problematic is its reliance on forms of exploitative labor undertaken by vulnerable populations. Drawing principally on interviews with local drug-involved adults, this article is the first to undertake in-depth analysis of their experience of risky street-level labor in “host” towns. Findings suggest that despite violence and intimidation, many saw county lines labor as preferable to other income generating activity, and contrary to popular enforcement narratives, they often became involved though constrained choice. As such, it is argued that the policy response might resemble one of building resilience through multiagency support, which better equips “structurally vulnerable” populations to exit exploitative relationships.