Narcan as biomedical panic: The war on overdose and the harms of harm reduction

As the opioid overdose crisis in the US persists, governments have coordinated with drug companies to propagate the overdose reversal drug naloxone (Narcan) as a ‘kinder/gentler’ state response, deriving from a supposedly progressive harm reduction ethos. Drawing on Derrida’s deconstruction of pharm...

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Main Author: Kavanaugh, Philip R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: 2022
In: Theoretical criminology
Year: 2022, Volume: 26, Issue: 1, Pages: 132-152
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
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Keywords:
Opioid crisis
Narcan
Naloxone
Harm Reduction
Drug War
Biopolitics