The Social Value of Drug Addicts: Uses of the Useless by J. Bryan Page, Merrill Singer

The Social Value of Drug Addicts: Uses of the Useless

J. Bryan Page, Merrill Singer

248 pages missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction health sociology challenging informative medium-paced
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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 ...

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