Home Office Research Study 240 A rock and a hard place: drug markets in deprived neighbourhoods Ruth Lupton, Andrew W ilson, Tiggey May, Hamish Warburton and Paul J. Turnbull CASE, London School of Economics and the Criminal Policy Research Unit, South Bank University The views expressed in this report are those of the authors, not necessarily those of the Home Office (nor do they reflect Government policy) Home O ffice Research, Development and Statistics Directorate June 2002