The prescription-to-prison pipeline : the medicalization and criminalization of pain /

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"In The Prescription-to-Prison Pipeline Michelle Smirnova argues that the ongoing opioid drug epidemic is the result of an endless cycle in which suffering is medicalized and drug use is criminalized. Drawing on interviews with 80 incarcerated individuals in Missouri correctional institutions,...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smirnova, Michelle, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Subjects:
Opioid abuse > Social aspects > United States.
Medication abuse > Social aspects > United States.
Drug abuse > Government policy > United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Toxicomanie aux opiacés > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Médicaments > Abus > Aspect social > États-Unis.
Toxicomanie > Politique gouvernementale > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'application des lois > États-Unis.
Discrimination dans l'administration de la justice pénale > États-Unis.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Medication abuse > Social aspects
Drug abuse > Government policy
Discrimination in law enforcement
Discrimination in criminal justice administration
United States
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction: Quick fixes to enduring problems
  • The medicalization and criminalization of pain
  • Prescription : getting hooked
  • Pipeline : sorting use from abuse
  • Prison : from medicalization to criminalization
  • Conclusions: When medicine becomes a drug.

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