Lecturer in Criminology, Oxford Brookes University
How labels like 'addict' and 'junkie' mask class contempt for drug users
Feb 08, 2018 13:06 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Terms such as drug user, addict or the blatantly pejorative junkie, dope head or stoner, are loaded with moral bias. They suggest that people who consume psychoactive substances are mentally weak and dangerous when in...