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‘Chemical jail’: culture-centered theorizing of carcerality in methadone maintenance treatment and addiction recovery in the United States

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Pages 463-480 | Received 27 Nov 2021, Accepted 30 Oct 2022, Published online: 23 Feb 2023

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