High: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users
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| Rating | : | 4.54 (671 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0295742313 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 232 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-11-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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Why do we endorse the use of some drugs and criminalize others? Why do we accept the necessity of a doctor-prescribed opiate but not the same thing bought off the street? This divided approach shapes public policy, the justice system, research, social services, and health care. Whether drinking Red Bull, relieving chronic pain with oxycodone, or experimenting with Ecstasy, Americans participate in a culture of self-medication, using psychoactive substances to enhance or manage our moods. A "drug-free America" seems to be a fantasyland that most people don't want to inhabit.High: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users asks fundamental questions about US drug policies and social norms. And despite the decades-old war on drugs, drug
Ingrid Walker is associate professor of American studies at the University of Washington, Tacoma.
"A fresh approach to drug policy discussions."Nancy Campbell, author of Discovering Addiction: The Science and Politics of Substance Abuse Research"High sets out to upend both the punitive prohibitionist war on drugs and most forms of medicalization that have often posed as the more scientific and human alternatives."Craig Reinarman, coeditor of Crack in America: Demon Drugs and Social Justice and Expanding Addiction