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Recreational Cannabis and Recriminalization in the “Emerald Triangle”

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, Volume 95, Issue 2, Page 376-393, May 2025.
Cannabis had been illicitly cultivated for over half a century in the isolated tri‐county region of far northern California known in drugs lore as the “Emerald Triangle.” The regional industry gained legitimacy and experienced a significant boom in the 1990s when California legalized medical cannabis.
Philip R. Kavanaugh
wiley   +1 more source

“Overdried, Without Curing? F*Ck, this [Is Supposed to be] Government Licensed Skunk!” Medical Cannabis and the Refracted Publics Within an Online Polish Drug Forum

open access: yesSociological Inquiry, Volume 95, Issue 2, Page 271-287, May 2025.
In this article, we analyze a Polish drug forum as a refracted public by focusing on the intersection of the digital space and illicit substances. To illuminate the reception of the medical cannabis industry in the social worlds of people who use cannabis, we apply qualitative thematic analysis of the content of the major Polish drug forum. The results
Michał Wanke   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Motherhood in academia: A novel dataset of UK academic women with an application to maternity leave uptake

open access: yesSocial Policy &Administration, Volume 59, Issue 3, Page 454-469, May 2025.
Abstract Motherhood is widely believed to be an important factor slowing down the career progression of women. We present a novel database that combines an original survey of women and mothers working in the UK Higher Education sector with data on the occupational maternity benefits offered by academic employers.
Riccardo Di Leo   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Testing the interrelationship between area deprivation and ethnic disparities in sentencing

open access: yesAnalyses of Social Issues and Public Policy, Volume 25, Issue 1, April 2025.
Abstract In the examination of sentencing disparities, hypotheses related to social class have been relatively overlooked compared to explanations centered on offenders' ethnicity. This oversight is regrettable as both factors often intertwine. In this study, we investigate the mediating and moderating effects between offenders' residential area ...
Jose Pina‐Sánchez   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

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