What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid Addiction

Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by tptacek on Wednesday September 13, 2017 @05:45PM (#15243013)

I'd say it does the good of reminding us that where black communities face retributive drug policies, white communities tend instead to get therapeutic drug policy. That seems like an important detail, not an artificial concern.

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Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by Zarath on Thursday September 14, 2017 @06:04AM (#15246411)

I agree with your point but that feels like more of a class issue than a race issue, though of course race and class aren't independent unfortunately.

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Re:What Science Says to Do If Your Loved One Has an Opioid A... by tptacek on Thursday September 14, 2017 @09:21AM (#15247684)

No, it's not. The opiate epidemic, like crack cocaine, is mostly a phenomenon of the lower class. But opiates involve white people and generate therapy, while crack involves black people and generates prison time.

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