Treatment versus Punishment: Undersdanding Racial Inequalities in Drug Policy.

Context: Many observers believe that the policy response to the opioid crisis is less punitive than the crack scare and that the reason is that victims are (stereotypically) white. Meth od s: To assess this conjecture, we compile new longitudinal data on district-level drugrelated deaths and (co)spo...

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Published in:Journal of Health Politics, Policy & Law Vol. 45; no. 2; pp. 177 - 210
Main Authors: Jin Woo Kim, Morgan, Evan, Nyhan, Brendan
Format: Article
Published: Duke University Press Apr2020
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