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Discrimination against drug addicts

Basic Information → Drug use discrimination is the unfair treatment people experience because of the drugs they use. Drug users are commonly stereotyped as deviants and misfits. Those that use legal drugs are still discriminated against because of the activities they like to partake in. → Drugs can lead to desocialization, degradation of personality, and criminal activity.

Main Points I will add → Drug addiction is a subcategory of mental illnesses. Barry, Colleen L., McGinty, Emma E., Pescosolido, Bernice A., Goldman, Howard H. "Stigma, Discrimination, Treatment Effectiveness, and Policy: Public Views About Drug Addiction and Mental Illness." Psychiatric Services. → Women that give birth to babies that test positive for drugs are prosecuted which violates a women's reproductive rights. Roberts, Dorothy E. "Punishing Drug Addicts Who Have Babies: Women of Color Equality, and the Right of Privacy." Harvard Law Review 104, 1991. 1419-1483.