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Sarah Brothers

@sarahbrothers.bsky.social
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Assistant Professor of Sociology and Public Policy at Penn State

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LSE Inequalities @lseinequalities.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
We tend to see the poor people who inject drugs in one of two ways: self-destructive, or passive victims of a broken system. But after years of fieldwork in San Francisco, @sarahbrothers.bsky.social found something else – see our latest blog post. #LSEInequalitiesBlog
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I met with the “hit doctors” who practice care without credentials
We see the very poor who inject drugs as either self-destructive or as passive victims of a broken system. But Sarah Brothers found something else.
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American Sociological Association @asanews.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
Sarah Brothers @sarahbrothers.bsky.social (Pennsylvania State University) is a recipient of the inaugural Early Career Award for Community-Engaged Scholarship,
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Erin Fanning Madden, PhD, MPH @efanningmadden.bsky.social · 09/12/2024
This article makes some important & accurate points about bad practices in methadone treatment, but then makes some notable errors too. Hi! I’m a substance use researcher with expertise in methadone treatment specifically and I have opinions… 1/11 www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/h...
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Acadia Healthcare’s Methadone Clinics Face Fraud Complaints
Acadia Healthcare falsifies records at its methadone clinics and enrolls patients who aren’t addicted to opioids, a Times investigation found.
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