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

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

"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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Main Author: Smirnova, Michelle, 1983- (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
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.
Discrimination in criminal justice administration.
Discrimination in law enforcement.
Drug abuse > Government policy.
Medication abuse > Social aspects.
Opioid abuse.
Social aspects.
Medication abuse.
Drug abuse.
United States.
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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