HLTHAGE 2L03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 15: Betty Friedan, Diazepam, Benzodiazepine
7 Dec 2018
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Herzberg: differed from previous drug panics both in terms of dealers and addicts : people labeled as addict were the group of people who weren"t the centre of attention of other kinds, typically white, middle-aged women. The emergence of feminist treatment groups for addiction at the neighbourhood-level: read through feminist critiques to battle addiction and feelings of dissatisfaction etc. Usage dipped; but benzodiazepines remained significant with 2nd generation, introduced as safely non-addicting but didn"t last long. The shift to prescription addictions the world"s supply. Freedom from pain as a purchasable good: holloway & haw: we see pain as an individual responsibility, rather than a public health problem. Decontextualized and depoliticized: more than 6 million canadians report chronic pain. Higher among people with low income, low education, the indigenous population: groups like canadian pain coalition frame pain as an individual problem to be solved via pills.
