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"Drug users are typically portrayed as worthless slackers, burdens on society, and just plain useless--culturally, morally, and economically. By contrast, this book argues that the social construction of some people as useless is in fact extremely useful to other people. Leading medical anthropologists Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page analyze media representations, drug policy, and underlying social structures to show what industries and social sectors benefit from the criminalization, demonization, and even popular glamorization of addicts. Synthesizing a broad range of key literature and advancing innovative arguments about the social construction of drug users and their role in contemporary society, this book is an important contribution to public health, medical anthropology, popular culture, and related fields"--

Drug abuse --- Drug addicts. --- Social values. --- Values --- Druggies --- Junkies (Drug addicts) --- Narcotic addicts --- Addicts --- Drug abusers --- Drug abuse and society --- Society and drug abuse --- Social aspects.

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Treatment for drug misuse has been dominated in recent years by the use of methadone as a substitution agent in heroin dependency. This approach has had considerable success, but as a result other treatment options have been neglected. This book draws on the author's direct clinical experience and makes use of international research findings to provide a comprehensive and detailed guide to service provision and treatment for drug misuse, including methadone and alternative opiate substitutes, detoxification methods, naltrexone and relapse prevention, and possible approaches with non-opiate users. There is a particular emphasis on social factors in drug misuse and dependency, and the consequent treatment issues and practical difficulties, and case studies are used throughout. Combining a highly practical approach with a strong research base, this book will be an essential resource for psychiatrists and other professionals involved in the management of drug misuse.

Drug addiction --- Drug abuse --- Methadone maintenance. --- Drug addicts --- Druggies --- Junkies (Drug addicts) --- Narcotic addicts --- Addicts --- Drug abusers --- Methadone hydrochloride --- Methadone treatment programs --- Treatment. --- Services for. --- Therapeutic use --- Treatment --- Orthopedagogiek --- alcoholisme en drugsverslaving.

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Children of drug addicts. --- Children of alcoholics. --- Drug addicts --- Alcoholics --- Druggies --- Junkies (Drug addicts) --- Narcotic addicts --- Addicts --- Drug abusers --- Alcoholics' children --- Children of alcoholic parents --- Children of narcotic addicts --- Drug addicts' children --- Family relationships.

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In a newly enlarged edition of this eye-opening book, David T. Courtwright offers an original interpretation of a puzzling chapter in American social and medical history: the dramatic change in the pattern of opiate addiction--from respectable upper-class matrons to lower-class urban males, often with a criminal record. Challenging the prevailing view that the shift resulted from harsh new laws, Courtwright shows that the crucial role was played by the medical rather than the legal profession. Dark Paradise tells the story not only from the standpoint of legal and medical sources, but also from the perspective of addicts themselves. With the addition of a new introduction and two new chapters on heroin addiction and treatment since 1940, Courtwright has updated this compelling work of social history for the present crisis of the Drug War.

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The authors employ the techniques of oral history to penetrate the nether world of the drug user, giving us an engrossing portrait of life in the drug subculture during the ""classic"" era of strict narcotic control. Praise for the hardcover edition: ""A momentous book which I feel is destined to become a classic in the category of scholarly narcotic books.""-Claude Brown, author of the bestseller, Manchild in the Promised Land.""The drug literature is filled with the stereotyped opinions of non-addicted, middle-class pundits who have had little direct contact

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