• Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol · Jan 2019

    Opioid crisis: Another mechanism used to perpetuate American racism.

    • Carl L Hart and Malakai Z Hart.
    • Department of Psychology, Columbia University.
    • Cultur Divers Ethnic Minor Psychol. 2019 Jan 1; 25 (1): 6-11.

    ObjectivesRecently, driven largely by opioid-related deaths, President Donald Trump proclaimed that the opioid problem was now a national emergency. What looks like a radical shift to a more compassionate drug policy-one that favors treatment over incarceration-has encouraged many to hope that there will be far fewer drug-related arrests and deaths than there were in previous decades.Methods And ResultsWe present evidence showing that large numbers of drug-related arrests persist and that racial discrimination is evident in opioid-related arrests. In addition, conventional strategies implemented to address opioid-related deaths have proven inadequate.ConclusionsWe propose solutions grounded in reason and evidence rather than moralism. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved).

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