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UK. QMJC August 2021: Drug fatalities and treatment fatalism: Complicating the ageing cohort theory

UK. QMJC August 2021: Drug fatalities and treatment fatalism: Complicating the ageing cohort theory

The Qualitative Methods Journal Club discuss a paper that rethinks the assumed causal link between age and drug-related deaths. The study draws on the experiences of 15 older people based in South London, who had been using heroin for more than twenty years. The findings add a fresh perspective to the conversation about drug-related deaths, turning attention away from inherent vulnerabilities in the individual to flaws in the treatment system. (SSA – Society fort he Study of Addiction, UK, 04.10.2021)

https://www.addiction-ssa.org/knowledge-hub/qmjc-august-2021-drug-fatalities-and-treatment-fatalism-complicating-the-ageing-cohort-theory/