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The Problem of Gangia Psychosis
In the 19 eighties, there'd been riots in hansworth and birmingham. Men who protested at that time for their rights were labelled with this diagnosis of gangia psychosis. In other words, the drugs had made them mad, and that's why they were out on the street. This was very much a racialized label. So 25 % of young black men in birmingham oran that time were getting this diagnosis. The equivalent figure for white men was just one%. And of course, his had major ramifications, because these men were injected and institutionalized just about a 30 minute walk from where i revisited those streets at the time.
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