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
Main Author: Smirnova, Michelle, 1983- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Durham : Duke University Press, 2023.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Medication abuse > Social aspects.
Drug abuse > Government policy.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration > United States.
Discrimination in law enforcement > United States.
Drug abuse > Government policy > United States.
Medication abuse > Social aspects > United States.
Opioid abuse > Social aspects > United States.
United States.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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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