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| Title |
Long term marijuana users seeking medical cannabis in California (2001–2007): demographics, social characteristics, patterns of cannabis and other drug use of 4117 applicants
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Harm Reduction Journal, November 2007
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| DOI | 10.1186/1477-7517-4-16 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Thomas J O'Connell, Ché B Bou-Matar |
| Abstract |
Cannabis (marijuana) had been used for medicinal purposes for millennia. Cannabinoid agonists are now attracting growing interest and there is also evidence that botanical cannabis is being used as self-medication for stress and anxiety as well as adjunctive therapy by the seriously ill and by patients with terminal illnesses. California became the first state to authorize medicinal use of cannabis in 1996, and it was recently estimated that between 250,000 and 350,000 Californians may now possess the physician's recommendation required to use it medically. More limited medical use has also been approved in 12 additional states and new initiatives are being considered in others. Despite that evidence of increasing public acceptance of "medical" use, a definitional problem remains and all use for any purpose is still prohibited by federal law. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 7 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 Kingdom | 1 | 14% |
| Chile | 1 | 14% |
| United States | 1 | 14% |
| Georgia | 1 | 14% |
| Unknown | 3 | 43% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 6 | 86% |
| Scientists | 1 | 14% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 114 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 4 | 4% |
| Brazil | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 109 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 16% |
| Researcher | 16 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 11% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 11 | 10% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Other | 26 | 23% |
| Unknown | 20 | 18% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Social Sciences | 25 | 22% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 20 | 18% |
| Psychology | 16 | 14% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 19 | 17% |
| Unknown | 26 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 22. 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 15 December 2023.
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#1,766,131
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#278
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#3,815
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#1
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