Socio-spatial stigmatization and the contested space of addiction treatment: Remapping strategies of opposition to the disorder of drugs

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 70, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 859-866

  Smith, Christopher B R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction treatment; Canada; Drug policy; Methadone clinic; NIMBY; Place; Socio spatial stigmatization; The body; Urban planning

Indexed keywords

METHADONE; NARCOTIC AGENT;

DRUG USER; NEIGHBORHOOD; PATHOLOGY; STRATEGIC APPROACH; URBAN PLANNING;

ARTICLE; CANADA; CASE STUDY; CITY PLANNING; DRUG DEPENDENCE; IDEOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; RESIDENT; ADDICTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; DRUG USE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

CANADA; ONTARIO [CANADA]; TORONTO;

CANADA; CITY PLANNING; DRUG USERS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; METHADONE; NARCOTICS; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STEREOTYPING; SUBSTANCE ABUSE TREATMENT CENTERS; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 77950359528     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2009.10.033     Document Type: Article

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