Re-racialization of Addiction and the Redistribution of Blame in the White Opioid Epidemic.

New York City has the largest number of opioid dependent people of U.S. cities, and within New York, Whites have the highest rate of prescription opioid and heroin overdose deaths. The rise of opioid abuse among Whites has resulted in popular narratives of victimization by prescribers, framing of ad...

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Published in:	Medical Anthropology Quarterly Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 242 - 263
Main Authors:	Mendoza, Sonia, Rivera, Allyssa Stephanie, Hansen, Helena Bjerring
Format:	journal article
Published:	Wiley-Blackwell Jun2019
Subjects:	Staten Island (New York, N.Y.) Drug abuse Addictions Therapeutics Opioid abuse Blame
Online Access:	View this record in EBSCOhost