The Pastoral Clinic: Addiction and Dispossession along the Rio Grande

The Pastoral Clinic is a groundbreaking work of anthropology that takes us on an unflinching journey into the heart of Northern New Mexico's heroin addiction crisis.

Through vivid prose and intimate storytelling, Angela Garcia reveals the complex interplay of historical, social, and cultural factors that have created this epidemic.

With a keen eye for detail and a deep empathy for her subjects, Garcia exposes the failures of our current system of addiction treatment and calls for a new ethics of care.

This is a must-read for anyone seeking to understand the root causes of the opioid crisis and how we can work towards a more compassionate and effective response.