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| Title |
Two steps forward, one step back: current harm reduction policy and politics in the United States
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, June 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12954-017-0157-y |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ethan Nadelmann, Lindsay LaSalle |
| Abstract |
Harm reduction policies and attitudes in the United States have advanced substantially in recent years but still lag behind more advanced jurisdictions in Europe and elsewhere. The Obama administration, particularly in its last years, embraced some harm reduction policies that had been rejected by previous administrations but shied away from more cutting edge interventions like supervised consumption sites and heroin-assisted treatment. The Trump administration will undermine some of the progress made to date but significant state and local control over drug policies in the US, as well as growing Republican support for pragmatic drug policies, motivated in part by the opioid crisis, ensures continuing progress for harm reduction. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 28 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 10 | 36% |
| Mexico | 1 | 4% |
| Czechia | 1 | 4% |
| Spain | 1 | 4% |
| Australia | 1 | 4% |
| Ireland | 1 | 4% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 4% |
| Unknown | 12 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 93% |
| Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 2 | 7% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 128 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 128 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 29 | 23% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 11% |
| Student > Bachelor | 11 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 10 | 8% |
| Researcher | 7 | 5% |
| Other | 20 | 16% |
| Unknown | 37 | 29% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 25 | 20% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 21 | 16% |
| Psychology | 11 | 9% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 11 | 9% |
| Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science | 3 | 2% |
| Other | 17 | 13% |
| Unknown | 40 | 31% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 79. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 July 2023.
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#514,212
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#89
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#11,140
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#5
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