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Eerdere KWALON-studiedagen had ik aan mij voorbij laten gaan. Maar deze keer ging het over kwalitatieve analyse software, en omdat we 'op de zaak' onlangs twee licenties van Nvivo hadden bemachtigd, wilde ik graag gaan. Veel van het onderzoek dat we doen, is kwalitatief van karakter, maar meestal weinig academisch. Bovendien merkte ik dat ondanks de beschikbaarheid van NVivo ik verknocht ben aan de tekstverwerker, spreadsheet en, hoe heet zoiets, het programma waarmee je mappen en bestanden organiseert. Met deze drie-eenheid organiseer ik meestal mijn tekstuele data. Bovendien had ik bij de paar keer dat ik van dergelijke analyseprogramma's gebruikmaakte, gemerkt dat ik na het open coderen en het hiërarchisch organiseren ervan, min of meer klaar was. Althans de reflecties op de data deed ik in de tekstverwerker, daarbij overigens wel steeds de inmiddels georganiseerde data raadplegend. NVivo (en Ethnograph) gebruikte ik vooral als 'storage and retrieval'-hulpjes. Ik wilde ook naar deze conferentie om mezelf te stimuleren vaker van NVivo gebruik te maken en meer van de mogelijkheden te profiteren. Kortom, ik kwam om te halen en minder om te brengen.

This article describes the increasing trend of cocaine and crack use among marginalized polydrug users in Rotterdam since the end of the 1980s, based on quantitative data and ethnographic monitoring. This trend is subsequently placed within the context of developing supply structures as well as local drug policy developments including care and law enforcement strategies. The results show the dynamic relationship between illicit drug demand and supply and policy interventions. Given that the use of psychoactive substances will most likely continue, the challenge for local drug policy may lie not only in repression and providing care facilities but also in regulating the settings where demand and supply meet. The latter, in order to decrease the potential harm of drug use for both the users and the local population.

Snowball sampling and targeted sampling are widely applied techniques to recruit samples from hidden populations, such as problematic drug users. The disadvantage is that they yield non-probability samples which cannot be generalised to the population. Despite thorough preparatory mapping procedures, selection effects continue to occur. This paper proposes an interpretation frame that allows estimating the direction of selection bias after data collection. Critical examination of the recruitment procedure and comparison with statistical and non-statistical external data sources are the core features of the interpretation frame. Applying the interpretation frame increases insight into the reliability of the results and allows to estimate where selection bias may have occurred.

The Rotterdam Drug Monitoring System used survey data, fieldnotes and interviews with staff to investigate the functioning of four (out of six) consumption rooms in Rotterdam. The results show that for most drug users, access to the drug consumption room results in less frequent drug use in public places and more time and rest. Pass holders value being able to use drugs safely inside, and make use of the additional services provided, such as refreshments, washing/showering facilities and talking with others about their personal problems. Two 'weak points' reported by the drug users are discussed in relation to their personal health situation and public nuisance reduction.