Who’s Using and Who’s Doing Time: Incarceration, the War on Drugs, and Public Health

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dc.contributor.authorMoore, Lisa D.
dc.contributor.authorElkavich, Amy
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T15:01:56Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T15:01:56Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractWITHOUT A PERSONAL connection, scientists, researchers, and those who set public policy rarely know the stories of those who are convicted of felony crimes and sentenced to prison: how they came to be convicted, whom they left behind, and what they went home to once released. But the consequences of their imprisonment—social, economic, political, and personal—are evidenced daily in every major city, suburban town, and rural hamlet. We aim to reframe the growth of the prison industrial complex and the war on drugs from the perspective of those incarcerated for nonviolent, drug-related crimes. By framing the issue this way, we . . .
dc.description.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2374804/
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/n6vb-ckoj
dc.identifier.citationMoore, Lisa D. and Elkavich, Amy (2008) Who’s Using and Who’s Doing Time: Incarceration, the War on Drugs, and Public Health. American Journal of Public Health, 98. pp. 782-786.
dc.identifier.issn0090-0036
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 1286
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/23111
dc.subjectHealth
dc.subjectIncarceration
dc.subjectWar on Drugs
dc.subjectPublic Health
dc.subjectnonviolent drug-related crimes
dc.subjecthealth disparities
dc.subjectpeople of color
dc.subjectpublic health policy changes
dc.subjectfamilies of color
dc.subjecturban communities
dc.titleWho’s Using and Who’s Doing Time: Incarceration, the War on Drugs, and Public Health
dc.typeArticle

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