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ArticleCrime, law, and social change2021

Drugs behind the veil of Islam: a view of Saudi youth.

Guoping Jiang, Siqi Tang, Qizhen Jiang

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Article in Crime, law, and social change, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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1citing papers in PubMed
1.5field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Work schedule and substance abuse in vocational students.Journal of public health research · 2021
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Guoping JiangSchool of Public Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province People's Republic of China.ORCID 0000-0001-7823-1245
Siqi TangSchool of Public Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province People's Republic of China.
Qizhen JiangSchool of Public Administration, Nanchang University, Nanchang City, Jiangxi Province People's Republic of China.
Nanchang University · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Insufficient research exists on drug trafficking and abuse in Saudi Arabia. This paper aims to uncover how drugs are trafficked to Saudi Arabia, what factors contribute to an ever-growing drug use in the Kingdom, and what the life of illegal drug use looks like in such an Islamic environment. Documentary methods and in-depth interviews were adopted to associate drug problems with social environments. It is discovered that drug trafficking is correlated to economic disparity among regions and social strata in the Kingdom, methods of drug purchase differ regionally, and drug use is an unintended consequence of social changes. The study concludes that drug offenses, countering traditional associations of Saudi society, creates a double life in the Kingdom.

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PMID33994666
PMCPMC8110685
OpenAlexW3162490250

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