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001			ocm984542877
003			OCoLC
005			20190927095825.0
008			170707t20172017wauad b 001 0 eng
010			_a2017019448
019			_a984607026
020			_a9780295742311 _qhardcover : alk. paper
020			_a0295742313 _qhardcover : alk. paper
020			_a9780295742328 _qpbk. : alk. paper
020			_a0295742321 _qpbk. : alk. paper
035			_a(OCoLC)984542877
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050	0	0	_aHV5825 _b.W38123 2017
100	1		_aWalker, Ingrid,
245	1	0	_aHigh : _bdrugs, desire, and a nation of users / _cIngrid Walker.
250			_a1st Edition.
263			_a1710.
264		1	_aSeattle ; _aLondon : _bUniversity of Washington Press, _c[2017]
264		4	_c©2017.
300			_a220 pages : _billustrations, charts ; _c23 cm.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent.
336			_astill image _bsti _2rdacontent.
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia.
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier.
386			_aUniversity and college faculty members _2lcdgt.
386			_aWomen _2lcdgt.
386			_aActivists _2lcdgt.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505	0		_aPreface: Breaking user silence -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: We are all users -- Picture a drug user -- Criminalization : winning the crusade but losing the war -- Medicalization : defining drug use -- Why we use : the pleasure and the eros of drugs -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Glossary -- Selected bibliography -- Index.
520			_aWhether drinking Red Bull, relieving chronic pain with oxycodone, or experimenting with Ecstasy, Americans participate in a culture of self-medication, using psychoactive substances to enhance or manage our moods. A "drug-free America" seems to be a fantasyland that most people don't want to inhabit. High: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users asks fundamental questions about US drug policies and social norms. Why do we endorse the use of some drugs and criminalize others? Why do we accept the necessity of a doctor-prescribed opiate but not the same thing bought off the street? This divided approach shapes public policy, the justice system, research, social services, and health care. And despite the decades-old war on drugs, drug use remains relatively unchanged. Ingrid Walker speaks to the silencing effects of both criminalization and medicalization, incorporating first-person narratives to show a wide variety of user experiences with drugs. By challenging current thinking about drugs and users, Walker calls for a next wave of drug policy reform in the United States, beginning with recognizing the full spectrum of drug use practices"--Back cover blurb.
650		0	_aDrug utilization _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrug abuse _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrug control _zUnited States.
650		0	_aDrug abusers _zUnited States.
710	2		_aUniversity of Washington Press,
776	0	8	_iOnline version: _aWalker, Ingrid, author. _tHigh _b1st Edition. _dSeattle : University of Washington Press, [2017] _z9780295742335.
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