Street-level policing, structural violence and habitus: accounts of street-involved cannabis users in Nigeria

In this chapter, I explore how street-involved Nigerian youths experience and navigate repressive policing in relation to cannabis consumption. Description of the experiences of these youths is based on qualitative data obtained via 97 in-depth interviews conducted in Uyo, Nigeria. Cannabis is the m...

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Main Author: Nelson, Ediomo-Ubong E. (Author)
Format: Print Article
Language:English
Published: 2023
In: Routledge handbook of intoxicants and intoxication
Year: 2023, Pages: 382-399
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