Aims - This thesis describes an open drug market and its suspected drug users in a Swedish city. This drug market is located at the local bus hub called Navet, in the city of Sundsvall, which has a reputation of being a place to avoid because of the substance abuse and accompanied crime. The aim was to disclose what happens at Navet that is associated with drug related activities. Method - two observers visited Navet from November 2016 to March 2017 at different times of the day with an ethnographic approach to take notes of the daily life at Navet, using their own experiences as basis for the description and analysis. No interactions with the actors at Navet were initiated by the observers. Results - Navet is more than just adrug market, it also provides a meaningful social aspect for the actors by spending time at Navet granting a feeling of belonging to a group. Four different groups of people were identified, the traveling citizens using Navet for transportation, people using navet as their meeting place without taking part of the drug activities, the suspected drug users and the young suspected drug users. The most frequent and openly used substances was alcohol followed by unspecified pills, other types of illegal substances were suspected to be common at Navet but never witnessed to be consumed. Conclusion - As rumored, Navet is a place where drugs and suspected drug users are present during almost all hours of the day. However, the generally perceived feeling of hostility and danger is exaggerated, contributing to a worse reputation of Navet compared to what can be supported through this study. / <p>2017-06-01</p>

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The thesis deals with a substance treatment of opiate addiction and determines drug abuse problems. The paper defines free and regulated market and describes drug prohibition compared with alcohol prohibition. The next part considers the theory of substitute and complement which is a basis for determination of a substance treatment. The goal of thesis is evaluating the effectiveness of substance treatment in the Czech Republic by force of cost-benefits analysis with current information. The empiric part is based upon the information about costs of substance treatment and about lost productivity. The effectiveness of substance treatment is confirmed, the amount gives after deductions for expenses an affirmative value. The next conclusion is positive appraisal of effectiveness of partial financing of Subutex, that is paid by consumer presently.

Το direct marketing αποτελεί μια ιδιαίτερη μορφή marketing, όπου κάθε ενέργεια που περιλαμβάνει δημιουργεί ένα είδος διαπροσωπικής σχέσης μεταξύ επιχείρησης και πελάτη. Αποτελεί αναπόσπαστο κομμάτι της Ολοκληρωμένης Επικοινωνίας Marketing. Είναι ένας προσωπικός τρόπος προσέγγισης δυνητικών πελατών. Σύμφωνα με τον ορισμό της Direct Marketing Association , direct marketing είναι ένα αμφίδρομο σύστημα marketing (interactive system marketing) που χρησιμοποιεί ένα ή περισσότερα διαφημιστικά μέσα, προκειμένου να πραγματοποιήσει μια μετρούμενη ανταπόκριση (response) ή συναλλαγή (transaction) σε οποιοδήποτε σημείο. Γίνεται αντιληπτό, λοιπό, ότι περιγράφεται ένα αμφίδρομο σύστημα μεταξύ marketer και καταναλωτή. Τα βασικά εργαλεία του direct marketing αφενός δίνουν την ευκαιρία στους καταναλωτές να αποκριθούν θετικά ή μη στα μηνύματα που φέρουν προς αυτούς και αφετέρου δίνουν τη δυνατότητα στους marketers καταγράφοντας και μετρώντας τις αντιδράσεις των καταναλωτών να οδηγηθούν σε σημαντικά συμπεράσματα που θα τους βοηθήσουν σε μελλοντικό σχεδιασμό marketing. Τα βασικά χαρακτηριστικά του direct marketing συνοψίζονται στο ότι βρίσκεται δίπλα στον καταναλωτή, κατανοεί τις ανάγκες του, ανταποκρίνεται σε προσωπικό επίπεδο με τον καταναλωτή και διατηρεί σχέση μαζί του και μετά την συναλλαγή. Η φιλοσοφία του direct marketing είναι ότι κάθε πελάτης είναι μοναδικός. Βασικός σκοπός της έρευνας είναι πως επηρεάζει την καταναλωτική συμπεριφορά η εφαρμογή του direct marketing στο χώρο του φαρμακείου και συγκεκριμένα η εφαρμογή βασικών εργαλείων του direct marketing εντός του φαρμακείου όπως αυτή αποφασίζεται και σχεδιάζεται τόσο από τις εταιρίες όσο και από τον φαρμακοποιό. Η ερευνητική βάση της παρούσας εργασίας ήταν πως το direct marketing σε μη συνταγογραφούμενα φάρμακα- OTC δύναται να επηρεάσει την αγοραστική απόφαση του ασθενή ή δυνητικού πελάτη στο χώρο του φαρμακείου. Αποδεικνύεται, λοιπόν, ότι τo direct marketing εφαρμόζεται επιτυχώς στο σύγχρονο ελληνικό φαρμακείο. Σκοπός μιας θεματικής προβολής ενός φαρμάκου ή άλλου φαρμακευτικού ενδιαφέροντος προϊόντος είναι να λειτουργήσει σαν έναυσμα για τη συμβουλευτική προσέγγιση και πώληση. Η οργάνωση της θεματικής προβολής ξεκινά με στόχο να δοθεί ένα ξεκάθαρο μήνυμα στον επισκέπτη. Όπως προκύπτει από την ανάλυση των δεδομένων, ιδανικό είναι να γίνεται παρουσίαση σε τουλάχιστον 3 βασικά σημεία όπως είναι η βιτρίνα του φαρμακείου (την πρώτη εικόνα που έχει ο πελάτης που έρχεται στο φαρμακείο), γόνδολες ή σταντ στο χώρο προς το σημείο εξυπηρέτησης και ο πάγκο εξυπηρέτησης. Η έρευνα έγινε σε φαρμακεία δυο πόλεων της Ελλάδας( Πάτρα και Αθήνα) και απευθυνόταν σε ασθενείς και πελάτες των φαρμακείων, η επιλογή των οποίων ήταν τυχαία. Δημιουργήσαμε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο με 9 ερωτήματα και αντίστοιχα υπο-ερωτήματα. Αρχικά μοιράστηκαν 150 ερωτηματολόγια από τα οποία απαντημένα επεστράφησαν 102. Η συλλογή των απαντήσεων έγινε με την μέθοδο των προσωπικών συνεντεύξεων. Μετά τη συλλογή των ερωτηματολογίων και την καταγραφή των δεδομένων, έγινε η επεξεργασία τους με το στατιστικό πρόγραμμα spss.17 για τη εξαγωγή συμπερασμάτων. Το 44,1% των συμμετεχόντων στην έρευνα ήταν άνδρες και το 55,9 % γυναίκες. Η κατηγορία φαρμάκων που κερδίζει την προτίμηση των καταναλωτών και την οποία αγοράζουν σε τακτική βάση είναι τα αναλγητικά- αντιπυρετικά σε ποσοστό 39,2% και ακολουθούν τα αντιφλεγμονώδη –αναλγητικά σε ποσοστό 14,7%. Από την πρώτη σε προτίμηση κατηγορία φαρμάκων, το depon είναι εκείνο που αγοράζουν τακτικά οι καταναλωτές, ενώ από τα αντιφλεγμονώδη- αναλγητικά προτιμούν το ponstan. Οι συμμετέχοντες στην έρευνα συνηθίζουν να αγοράζουν τα φάρμακα βασιζόμενοι στην εμπειρία τους, στην διαφήμιση αυτών και στην ελκυστική συσκευασία τους, φροντίζουν να ενημερώνονται για τα κυκλοφορούντα OTC φάρμακα στην αγορά, η αγοραστική τους απόφαση επηρεάζεται από τις προωθητικές δραστηριότητες και ενδιαφέρονται για την ανάπτυξη ουσιαστικής επικοινωνίας με τον φαρμακοποιό. / Direct marketing is a special form of marketing, where every action creates a unique relationship between the venture and the customer. It is considered as an integral piece of Integrated Communication Marketing. Rather it can be characterized as a personal way to approach potential customers. According to the definition of the Direct Marketing Association, Direct Marketing is an interactive marketing system that uses one or more advertising means, so that it realises a measuring response or transaction at any point. As it is obvious, we have described an interactive system between the marketer and the consumer. The main philosophy of the direct marketing lies in the fact that every consumer is unique. We can summarize the basic characteristics of direct marketing in the following: • it tries to be near the customer, • understand his needs, • respond to them in a personal level • and to maintain a good relationship with him, even after the transaction. The basic tools of direct marketing enable on the one hand the consumers to respond directly in their own way (positively or negatively) to the messages of the marketers, and on the other hand enable the marketers to record and measure the counteractions of the consumers, so that they can actually conclude in significant results for their future marketing plans. The purpose of this study is to examine how the patient/consumer behavior is affected by the implementation of direct marketing in the actual area of a pharmacy, as this is applied either by companies or by the pharmacist himself. We restricted our research concern only to OTC medicines; therefore we could have a sample, where the final decision about drug consuming would be on the patient alone. We have seen that the direct marketing is successfully applied in today’s Greek pharmacy. The research took place in the pharmacies of two major cities of Greece, Athens and Patras, and was addressed to patients, who were randomly chosen. We handed out 150 questionnaires but finally gathered 102. We used SPSS 17 to process the data. 44,1% of the respondents were men and 55,9 % women. The first category of medicine that the patients buy is analgetics-antipyretics followed by anti-inflamatory drugs. As we have seen the major reasons that make patients decide what medicine to consume are experience, advertisements, and package.

Drug vendors on darknet cryptomarkets are notoriously elusive. When cryptomarkets are subjectedto law enforcement crackdowns or other types of closures, rather than being deterred vendorsmigrate to other cryptomarkets. However, knowledge is lacking on why vendors migrate in thedirection that they do. A Swedish cryptomarket vendor community, whose primary cryptomarket”Flugsvamp 3.0” was suddenly closed in October of 2021, reappeared on a new cryptomarketcalled ”Archetyp Market” shortly after. With this thesis, I attempt to explore how the vendors ofthis community might have coordinated their migration to Archetyp Market. Building upon recenttheoretical contributions of vendor decision-making, I propose two ideal types of vendors inmigration. The first type is vendors with high reputation who have a greater economic incentive tore-establish themselves quickly, to minimize loss. Vendors with lower reputation will not have thesame need to move quickly. As their primary concern is to reach new customers, they will look tocryptomarkets with a high level of general trust. Cryptomarkets that have received an influx ofhigh reputation vendors will thereby have reached an attractive level of general trust, causing aninflux of lower reputable vendors. I tested this hypothesis by collecting cross-sectional data fromArchetyp Market and measured the covariation between when the Swedish vendors joined the siteand their reputational status. Using a standard linear regression analysis, I found a moderatepositive covariation between two reputationally related variables and the number of days sincejoining Archetyp Market. The vendors with high reputations joined Archetyp Market earlier thanthose with less. This finding thereby provides us with insight into how vendor reputation is not justeffective in influencing buyers, but also other vendors. Additionally, I proposed how thesereputational values could be developed into early indicators of the direction of vendors duringcryptomarket closure.

The current study examines firearms’ impact on the relationship between illegal drug markets and homicide. At the county-level, Iowa and Virginia are analyzed using crime data from the National Incident Based Reporting System. More specifically, gun availability is tested as a mediator for county drug crime rates and homicide counts. Variable selection and prediction is based on routine activity and social disorganization theories. I argue that social disorganization allows the context for which criminal opportunity presents itself through routine activities. I posit gun availability mediates a positive relationship between illegal drug markets and homicide, with differences between urban and rural communities

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Η εργασία που ακολουθεί εκπονήθηκε στα πλαίσια του μεταπτυχιακού προγράμματος σπουδών “Φαρμακευτικό Μάρκετινγκ”, του τμήματος Φαρμακευτικής του Πανεπιστημίου Πατρών, κατά την ακαδημαϊκή περίοδο σπουδών 2008-2010. Σκοπός της έρευνας ήταν να γίνει μια εκτίμηση της κατάστασης στο χώρο της αγοράς των μη συνταγογραφούμενων (over-the-counter/OTC) φαρμάκων, όπως οι φαρμακοποιοί το αντιλαμβάνονται, έχοντας υπόψη τις στρατηγικές που εφαρμόζονται στο χώρο τους από τις φαρμακευτικές εταιρίες. Τα μη συνταγογραφούμενα φάρμακα ή αλλιώς ΜΗ.ΣΥ.ΦΑ είναι φαρμακευτικά προϊόντα τα οποία ο ασθενής μπορεί να προμηθευτεί από τον χώρο του φαρμακείου χωρίς να κρίνεται απαραίτητη η προσκόμιση ιατρικής συνταγής. Επιπλέον, τα φαρμακευτικά αυτά προϊόντα δεν αποζημιώνονται από τα ασφαλιστικά ταμεία, ενώ επιτρέπεται ή διαφήμιση τους στο καταναλωτικό κοινό, τηρουμένων ορισμένων προϋποθέσεων. Οι διάφορες παράμετροι που περικλείονται σε αυτές τις ιδιαιτερότητες της αγοράς των ΜΗ.ΣΥ.ΦΑ μελετούνται και αξιολογούνται από τις φαρμακευτικές επιχειρήσεις, ώστε με βάση αυτές να καταστρωθούν οι κατάλληλες στρατηγικές που θα έχουν ως αποτέλεσμα μια επιτυχημένη πορεία του προϊόντος στην αγορά των OTC φαρμάκων. Για την πραγματοποίηση της παρούσας μελέτης συντάχθηκε ένα ερωτηματολόγιο αποτελούμενο από 8 ερωτήσεις κλειστού τύπου και αντίστοιχα υπο-ερωτήματα, το οποίο στη συνέχεια συμπληρώθηκε από φαρμακοποιούς οι οποίοι λειτουργούν φαρμακείο στην πόλη της Πάτρας και Ρόδου, υπό τη μορφή προσωπικής συνέντευξης. Τα δεδομένα που συλλέχθηκαν από τα ερωτηματολόγια αναλύθηκαν με τη βοήθεια του στατιστικού προγράμματος SPSS . / This work is the result of my thesis project carried out during the academic period 2008-2010 within the frames of ‘Pharmaceutical Marketing’, a postgraduate programme offered by Patras’s Pharmacy department. Primary objective of the study was to extract the beliefs of pharmacists concerning the (OTC) drug market, while having in mind familiar promotional strategies performed by pharmaceutical companies. The term ‘over the counter drugs’, specifies a category of drugs able to be purchased by the patient without doctor’s prescription necessary. Furthermore, OTC drugs are excluded from the government’s insurance cover drug list and their public advertisement (under certain conditions) is permitted. Numerous factors encircled in these specificities of OTC drug market are studied and evaluated by the pharmaceutical companies in order to develop the appropriate strategies that will ensure the success for an OTC product within this market. For the attainment of the study was conducted a questionnaire composed of 8 ‘closed type’ questions and correlative sub-questions. Afterwards, this questionnaire was filled in by pharmacists, through personal interview, operating a pharmacy in the city of Patras and Rhodes. Data collected, were analyzed using the statistical programme SPSS.

Pochi studi hanno analizzato I prezzi delle droghe in Europa nonostante I risultati forniti da questo tipo di analisi in altri paesi. In America, l’analisi sui prezzi delle droghe costituisce la base dell’attuale conoscenza su domanda e offerta del mercato delle droga e dell’effetto delle forze di polizia. Questa tesi analizza il prezzo delle droghe illecite (eroina e cocaina) in Europa. In particolare questo studio ha due obiettivi 1) identificare quali fattori influenzano i prezzi delle droghe; 2) identificare quali fattori hanno portato al declino dei prezzi delle droghe negli ultimi venti anni. In linea con la precedente letteratura, questo studio ha impiegato un’analisi della variazione geografica e temporale dei prezzi, un “Risk and price model” ed una analisi panel. I risultati mostrano che le forze di polizia e il livello di violenza hanno un effetto marginale sul prezzo delle droghe e non sono capaci di spiegare il loro declino negli anni. La globalizzazione sembra la principale spiegazione. La globalizzazione ha tagliato i costi nel traffico di droga, riducendo le inefficienze causate dalla sua illegalità (per esempio nel trasporto). Di conseguenza la globalizzazione può essere considerata la componente principale nello spiegare il declino dei prezzi delle droghe in Europa. / There are few studies on drug prices in Europe, despite the insight this type of analysis has provided in other countries. In the USA, the examination of drug prices has improved the knowledge of the demand and supply in drug markets and the impact of law enforcement. The dissertation aims to analyze the prices of illicit drugs (heroin and cocaine) in Europe. The study has two objectives: (1) identifying which factors affect drug prices; (2) analyzing which factors drove the price decline in the last twenty years. In line with the previous literature, the methods include the analysis of the trends of prices over time and across countries, a risk and price model, and a panel regression. The results show that law enforcement and violence have marginal impact on drug prices and they are unable to explain the decline over time. In fact, globalization is the key explanatory factor. Globalization has likely cut the costs of the drug trade, reducing the inefficiencies caused by illegality (e.g. transportation). As a result, it may be regarded as the most important factor in the price decline in European drug markets.

The diploma thesis is aimed to improvement work of outreach drug workers who works with drug addicted people from foregin countries in Prague. The theoretical part od diploma thesis briefly describes legislative framework linked with use of illicted drugs in the Czech Republic, Drug Strategy of the Czech Republic and definiton of therm street work in the Social Services Act. Next part of the thesis focused to information from lately situation on the open drug market in Prague a nd describes period, since when has been in touch outreach workers and drug addicted people from foregin countries. Thesis further comparing approaches to drug policy in countries of orign drug of drug addicted foreginers at Prague. As well deliberately select in each country important topics for outreach work. The methods used to obtain the necessary information included document analysis, observation, structured interviews and focus group. Information was collected to help in face to face work with drug users. To better understand the environment from which drug users - foreigners come from. Which services can they know from their home country, what services drug users - foreigners can use in the Czech Republic and how to work better with this target group. And also what measures can help Czech outreach workers. Based on...