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The opioid crisis and the infrastructure of social capital.
- Source :
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International Journal of Drug Policy . Sep2019, Vol. 71, p47-55. 9p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- This paper reflects upon ethnographic work carried out in a suburban Massachusetts town that has experienced particularly high rates of opioid mis/use. In open-ended conversations, residents attributed the local opioid crisis to institutional betrayals of various sorts. Building upon the idea that social capital tends to be health-enhancing, this paper traces the decline in the infrastructure of social capital and the associated decline in cultural capital or scripts for making sense out of life's challenges. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- *OPIOID abuse
*SOCIAL capital
*CULTURAL capital
*PUBLIC health
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Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 09553959
- Volume :
- 71
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- International Journal of Drug Policy
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139708000
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.05.017