New Aced It Episode: Substance Use Disorder (SUD) & Structural Racism

In our final episode in this season, we are guided by the history of racialized drug policy in the U.S. The researchers whose work we discuss use the five components of the structural competency framework as a way to suggest avenues that may change our understanding treatment planning for individuals from historically minoritized groups.

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Jackson, D. S., Tiako, M. J. N., & Jordan, A. (2022). Disparities in addiction treatment: learning from the past to forge an equitable future. Medical Clinics106(1), 29-41.