The opioid epidemic is an issue that has ravaged much of the United States, and specifically Appalachia. Many different academic disciplines have attempted to provide a solution to no avail. This ethnographic study investigates the social nature of addiction & recovery related to problematic opiate use. Through semi-structured interviews and participant observation with clients at a drop-in mental health and addiction services center, the study explores the social conditions which facilitate problematic substance use in addition to vetted strategies to reach and maintain active recovery from opiate misuse. The conclusion focuses on how addiction and recovery are inherently social exercises that are heavily influenced by one's social network and the social contexts they live or have lived in. Using an anthropological perspective, this study shows the value that social science and an anthropological perspective in particular, can provide on such a pervasive and unsettling issue.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc1944246 |
| Date | 05 1900 |
| Creators | Jarrett, Zachary Mical |
| Contributors | Henry, Doug, Henry, Lisa, Donaldson, Susie |
| Publisher | University of North Texas |
| Source Sets | University of North Texas |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis or Dissertation |
| Format | Text |
| Rights | Public, Jarrett, Zachary Mical, Copyright, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights Reserved. |
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