Book contents
- The Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- The Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Understanding the Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 2 My Experience with the Stigma of Substance Use
- Chapter 3 Substance Use Stigma and Policy
- Chapter 4 Experiences of Stigma and Criminal In/Justice among People Who Use Substances
- Chapter 5 Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, and Ethics
- Chapter 6 Intersectional Stigma in Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 7 International Perspectives on Stigma toward People with Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 8 Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address the Stigma of Substance Use Disorder
- Chapter 9 Three Competing Agendas of Addressing Stigma of Substance Use Disorder
- Chapter 10 The Benefits of Disclosure
- Chapter 11 The Role of Peers in SUD Stigma Change
- Chapter 12 The Role of Media Reporting for Substance Use Stigma
- Chapter 13 Reducing Substance Use Stigma in Health Care
- Chapter 14 Final Considerations and Future Directions for Erasing the Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Index
- References
Chapter 4 - Experiences of Stigma and Criminal In/Justice among People Who Use Substances
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 23 June 2022
Book contents
- The Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- The Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Contributors
- Chapter 1 Understanding the Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 2 My Experience with the Stigma of Substance Use
- Chapter 3 Substance Use Stigma and Policy
- Chapter 4 Experiences of Stigma and Criminal In/Justice among People Who Use Substances
- Chapter 5 Substance Use Disorders, Stigma, and Ethics
- Chapter 6 Intersectional Stigma in Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 7 International Perspectives on Stigma toward People with Substance Use Disorders
- Chapter 8 Using Community-Based Participatory Research to Address the Stigma of Substance Use Disorder
- Chapter 9 Three Competing Agendas of Addressing Stigma of Substance Use Disorder
- Chapter 10 The Benefits of Disclosure
- Chapter 11 The Role of Peers in SUD Stigma Change
- Chapter 12 The Role of Media Reporting for Substance Use Stigma
- Chapter 13 Reducing Substance Use Stigma in Health Care
- Chapter 14 Final Considerations and Future Directions for Erasing the Stigma of Substance Use Disorders
- Index
- References
Summary
Stigma negatively shapes the lives of people who use substances through criminalization processes and criminal justice involvement. This chapter draws from the authors’ lived experiences to explore the harms created by stigma at the intersection of substance use and criminal justice. Stigma produces a social context contributing to high rates of criminal justice involvement among people who use substances through inequitable social conditions, criminalization of substances, and under-resourcing of substance use services. Substance use stigma is reinforced by harmful police practices, painful imprisonment experiences, and insufficient support offered to formerly incarcerated people living in the community. Approaches for reducing substance use stigma involve reforming drug policy to decriminalize substances, improving access to substance use treatment and harm reduction services, and involving people with lived and living experiences of substance use and criminal justice involvement in policymaking and service delivery.
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- The Stigma of Substance Use Disorders , pp. 46 - 67Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2022
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