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Governing drug use through neurobiological subject construction: The sad loss of the sociocultural

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 November 2011

Kevin Chien-Chang Wu
Kevin Chien-Chang Wu
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National Taiwan University College of Medicine, Taipei 100, Taiwan. ccwu88@ntu.edu.twhttp://www.ntu.edu.tw/
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Abstract

Based on their “drugs as instruments” framework, Müller & Schumann (M&S) propose a staged drug policy that matches well the neoliberal governance scheme. To mend the sad loss of the sociocultural dimension in their model, I propose three such considerations: first, sociocultural interactions with the brain; second, sociocultural context and justice of drug use; and third, sociocultural preparedness for implementing their drug policy.

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Open Peer Commentary
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Behavioral and Brain Sciences , Volume 34 , Issue 6 , December 2011 , pp. 327 - 328
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2011

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