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| Title |
The war on marijuana: The transformation of the war on drugs in the 1990s
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, February 2006
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-3-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Ryan S King, Marc Mauer |
| Abstract |
As the "war on drugs" enters the latter half of its third decade since being forged into the American lexicon by President Ronald Reagan, the public has grown more skeptical of the current strategy and has proven to be receptive to a broader consideration of alternatives to incarceration. This has been the case most notably with marijuana offenses, where the policy discussion has shifted in some localities to one of decriminalization or de-prioritizing law enforcement resources dedicated to pursuing possession offenses. Despite the increased profile surrounding marijuana policy in recent years, there remains a significant degree of misunderstanding regarding the current strategy, both in terms of how resources are being allocated and to what eventual gain. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 16 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 | 5 | 31% |
| Denmark | 1 | 6% |
| Central African Republic | 1 | 6% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 6% |
| South Africa | 1 | 6% |
| Spain | 1 | 6% |
| Unknown | 6 | 38% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 14 | 88% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 6% |
| Scientists | 1 | 6% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 75 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 1% |
| Sweden | 1 | 1% |
| Unknown | 73 | 97% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Bachelor | 17 | 23% |
| Student > Master | 13 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 7 | 9% |
| Researcher | 5 | 7% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 13 | 17% |
| Unknown | 17 | 23% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 28 | 37% |
| Psychology | 9 | 12% |
| Economics, Econometrics and Finance | 4 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 3 | 4% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 4% |
| Other | 12 | 16% |
| Unknown | 16 | 21% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 52. 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 14 December 2023.
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#819,343
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Outputs from Harm Reduction Journal
#139
of 1,128 outputs
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#1,781
of 171,636 outputs
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#1
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