Historique
Périodique
Addiction and disability : moral and policy issues
(Addiction et handicap : aspects moraux et politiques)
Auteur(s) :
WASSERMAN, D.
Année
2004
Page(s) :
461-488
Langue(s) :
Anglais
Refs biblio. :
42
Domaine :
Plusieurs produits / Several products
Note générale :
Substance Use and Misuse, 2004, 39, (3), 461-488
Résumé :
ENGLISH :
This article discusses the conceptual, ethical, and policy issues raised by the legal classification of drug addiction as an impairment, and of some nonusing drug addicts as people with disabilities. It focuses on the questions of (1) what moral judgments, if any, underlie the classification of addiction as an impairment; (2) whether it makes sense to apportion the burdens of drug addiction between chemical, biological, social, political, and other causes; (3) how considerations of distributive justice may compel or constrain measures to ease the burdens of drug addiction; and (4) whether it is justifiable to deny the current users of illegal substances legal protections available to the current users of legal substances. (Editor's abstract.) (Review' s abstract)
Affiliation :
Research Scholar, Institute for Philosophy and Public Policy, School of Public Affairs, 3111 Van Munching Hall University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742-1821. E-mail : dwassermumd.edu
Etats-Unis. United States.
Etats-Unis. United States.