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A New Framework for Evaluating the Potential for Drug Law to Produce Stigma: Insights from an Australian Study

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Kate Seear ,
Kari Lancaster  and
Alison Ritter
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Abstract

Alcohol and other drug-related stigma is a growing concern. Many organizations have called for a reduction in such stigma through law reform, but there is little sense of how, precisely, this might be achieved. This paper reports on a new method to examine the relationship between stigma and the law and establish a framework that can guide and inform future law reform efforts.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 45 , Issue 4: Stigma & Health , Winter 2017 , pp. 596 - 606
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2017

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