{"product_id":"high-ingrid-walker-9780295742311","title":"High: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhether drinking Red Bull, relieving chronic pain with oxycodone, or experimenting with Ecstasy, Americans participate in a culture of self-medication, using psychoactive substances to enhance or manage our moods. A \"drug-free America\" seems to be a fantasyland that most people don't want to inhabit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eHigh: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users \u003c\/i\u003easks fundamental questions about US drug policies and social norms. Why do we endorse the use of some drugs and criminalize others? Why do we accept the necessity of a doctor-prescribed opiate but not the same thing bought off the street? This divided approach shapes public policy, the justice system, research, social services, and health care. And despite the decades-old war on drugs, drug use remains relatively unchanged.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIngrid Walker speaks to the silencing effects of both criminalization and medicalization, incorporating first-person narratives to show a wide variety of user experiences with drugs. By challenging current thinking about drugs and users, Walker calls for a next wave of drug policy reform in the United States, beginning with recognizing the full spectrum of drug use practices.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Ingrid Walker\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0295742313\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780295742311\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Washington Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/20\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2018","brand":"Ingrid Walker","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453301993727,"sku":"9780295742311","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_e79a7987-aa31-44ae-be33-3ae503fe5862.jpg?v=1777299444","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/high-ingrid-walker-9780295742311","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}