Located between three powerful phenomena, public health, the law and social stigma,
methadone maintenance treatment attracts loyal advocates, vociferous critics and …

The first chapter offers an introduction to drug abuse, dealing with moral issues, estimates of
the drug abuse problem, the link between drugs and crime, and drug lifestyles and …

What is 'addiction'? What does it say about us, our social arrangements and our political
preoccupations? Where is it going as an idea, and what is at stake in its ongoing …

Biomedical understanding of methadone as a magic-bullet pharmacologicalblock to the
euphoric effects of heroin is inconsistent with epidemiologicaland clinical data. An …

The institution of methad one maintenance as a treatment modality for heroin addiction in
the mid-1960s was part of the growing medicalization of social problems in the United …

them vulnerable to social ostracism, vilification, and prosecution. Fourth, the association of
female sexuality and drug use has been persistent. Last, addicted women have largely …

Using data gathered on 368 current methadone clients and 142 narcotics users not in
treatment in structured interviews and through ethnographic fieldwork, the study examines …

What is the difference between heroin and methadone? Is this difference one of
interpretation, where anopiate-like'substance islabelled'differently through social processes …

Through a fieldwork study of the practice of methadone substitution at a French addiction
clinic, the classic 'theory of action'is criticized and an alternative one proposed. A sketch of …

Illicit opiate addiction has emerged as a major problem in many Western countries in the
second half of this century, and its social harm implications have become much exacerbated …