Archive for May 2018
The gentrification of addiction: Now that whites are addicted, the language of shame has changed
For years, America embraced the narrative that addiction was primarily a black and brown problem, especially in cities such as Philadelphia. But just as our poorest and blackest neighborhoods have been overrun and rebranded by richer and whiter residents, drug abuse is in the midst of a makeover. I call it the gentrification of addiction.…
