The Dig: Racism, Class, and the Opioid Crisis
Jacobin Radio
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The Neuroscientific Understanding of Addiction and Problematic Drug Use
The 1990s saw the rise of the brain model of addiction. The scientists involved wanted to counteract a drug war mentality by erasing the social context of drug use Yet they paradoxically set the stage for renewed racial stratification of opioids. Some buprenorphine advocates Arguing that medication alone without any psychosocial interventions is sufficient to address the crisis.
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