Deck 48: Connections : Biomedicalization of Drug Addiction and the Reproduction of Inequality, Tammy Landerson and Philip Kavanaugh

Question 1

According to Anderson and Kavanaugh, which of the following is NOT true about biomedicalization and inequality?

A)Biomedical technologies might reproduce stratification in society and inequality among groups
B)Treating addictions with biomedical technologies will not only help reduce the physiological consequences of addiction but also the stigma addicts face in society
C)Addiction is viewed as a medical condition in more affluent areas among middle class whites
D)Opiate addiction is often constructed as a social problem in poor areas populated with minority groups

Answer 1

Treating addictions with biomedical technologies will not only help reduce the physiological consequences of addiction but also the stigma addicts face in society

Question 2

According to Anderson and Kavanaugh, experts, stakeholders, and institutions ______.

A)Use biomedicalization as a means of dominating the addicts
B)Believe that by treating addiction as a biomedical issue reduces the social stigmas of addiction
C)Reduce inequality by treating addiction as a medical problem
D)All of the above

Answer 2

Believe that by treating addiction as a biomedical issue reduces the social stigmas of addiction

Question 3

According to Anderson and Kavanaugh, which o the following is NOT true about opiate addiction and its treatment?

A)Prescription opiate addiction to Oxycodone, Vicodin, and so forth are treated with Suboxone and the experience is medicalized by private health agencies and doctor's offices
B)Addiction in more affluent social strata is viewed as a medical condition even when those legal drugs are used in ways not prescribed and/or are obtained through criminal or deviant channels
C)Adam and other privileged addicts can escape the stigma of the methadone clinic
D)None of the above

Answer 3

None of the above

Question 4

In contrast to Methadone, Suboxone clients______.

A)Are usually teenagers
B)Have to suffer from the same stigmatization as Methadone clients
C)Are usually white and privileged
D)None of the above

Question 5

In what ways are the medicalization and biomedicalization of behavioral addictions other than drugs and alcohol likely to produce the same sorts of racial inequality problems? How could attention to intersectionality and diversity issues rectify this problem?