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This document analyzes media coverage of the opioid epidemic in the United States over the past decade. A content analysis of 100 news articles found divergent portrayals of white prescription opioid users versus black and Latino heroin users. White opioid users were portrayed sympathetically as victims, while black and Latino heroin users were criminalized. This reinforced racialized drug policies and the War on Drugs. The divergent media narratives helped establish a symbolic and legal distinction between

Author

Ryley Thompson

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EN