This review traces the literatures in cultural anthropology and neighboring disciplines that
are focused on addiction as an object of knowledge and intervention, and as grounds for self …

Sociological interest in pharmaceuticals has intensified, heightening awareness of
'pharmaceuticalization'. It is argued that pharmaceuticalization should be understood by …

Drug use is widely understood in terms of its subjects, substances and settings. But what
happens when these distinctions start to blur? Injecting Bodies in More-than-Human Worlds …

Human geographers have been at the forefront of efforts across the social sciences to
develop “assemblage thinking”, applying and extending this model in a series of highly …

The marginality of pleasure in alcohol and other drug (AOD) policy, related health
interventions and public discourse is an ongoing concern for AOD researchers. While this …

Sociology has a long-standing interest in the consumption of licit and illicit drugs, particularly
as a feminist concern with scholars highlighting the ways in which drugs are used as …

This article proposes a theoretical framework on the role of pharmaceuticals in transforming
perspectives and sha** contemporary subjectivities. It outlines the significant role drugs …

Drawing primarily on interviews conducted in London with people who inject drugs, this
article looks at participants' accounts of encountering “triggers,” variously described as …

This article was named the winner of the 2021 Enloe Award. The committee commented:
This article embodies the spirit of the Enloe Award by hel** us conceptualize self …

This paper continues to develop 'drugs as instruments' framework by reviewing Science and
Technology Studies (STS), critical drug studies and anthropology of pharmaceuticals …