This book calls attention to the impact of stigma experienced by people who use illicit drugs. Stigma is powerful: it can do untold harm to a person and place with longstanding effects. Through an exploration of themes of inequality, power, and feeling 'out of place' in neoliberal times, this collection focuses on how stigma is negotiated, resisted and absorbed by people who use drugs. How does stigma get under the skin? Drawing on a range of theoretical frameworks and empirical data, this book draws attention to the damaging effects stigma can have on identity, recovery, mental health, desistance from crime, and social inclusion. By connecting drug use, stigma and identity, the authors in this collection share insights into the everyday experiences of people who use drugs and add to debate focused on an agenda for social justice in drug use policy and practice.
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Drugs, Identity and Stigma
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Front Matter
- Stigma ‘Under the Skin’
- Intersectional Identities, Stigma and MDMA/Ecstasy Use
- Guilt, Shame, and Getting Passed the Blame: Resisting Stigma Through the Good Mothering Ideal
- Identity Construction and Stigma in Recovery
- What’s Your Poison? On the Identity Crises Faced by Healthcare Professionals Who (Ab)use Drugs and Alcohol
- Stigma and the Use of Anabolic Androgenic Steroids by Men in the United Kingdom
- Navigating Custodial Environments: Novel Psychoactive Substance Users Experiences of Stigma
- Stigma and Young People Whose Parents Use Substances
- Cultural Competence to Cultural Obsolescence: Drug Use, Stigma and Consumerism
- ‘It’s What Happens Now When People Go for a Drink’: Normalising Non-dependent Recreational Cocaine Use Amongst Over-35s in the UK
- Negotiating “Self-Stigma” and an “Addicted Identity” in Traditional 12-Step Self-Help Groups
- Final Reflections on Stigma and Implications for Research, Policy, and Practice
- Back Matter
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