The social value of drug addicts : uses of the useless

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Label

The social value of drug addicts : uses of the useless

Title remainder

uses of the useless

Statement of responsibility

Merrill Singer and J. Bryan Page

Creator

• Singer, Merrill

Contributor

• Page, J. Bryan

Subject

• Drug abuse -- Social aspects
• Drug addicts
• Social values

Language

eng

Summary

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

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• Online access with subscription: Proquest Ebook Central

Cataloging source

CaPaEBR

Dewey number

305.9/084

Index

index present

LC call number

HV5801

LC item number

.S48 2013eb

Literary form

non fiction

Nature of contents

• dictionaries
• bibliography