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Inside the world of suburban drug dealing

  • Written by: The Conversation
imageThe code of the suburbs dictates a different set of rules for dealing with conflict.Todd Hido

Over the span of a few years, we interviewed 30 middle-class, suburban drug dealers in Atlanta, Georgia, hoping to gain access to the inner workings of this subculture.

Drug dealing has inherent dangers – you could be robbed, threatened, assaulted or...

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