From witches to crack moms : women, drug law, and policy / Susan C. Boyd.

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Susan C., 1953- author.

Edition:

Second edition.

Publication:

Durham, North Carolina : Carolina Academic Press, [2015]

Format/Description:

Book
xviii, 394 pages ; 23 cm

Subjects:

Women -- Drug use -- United States -- History.
Women -- Drug use -- Canada -- History.
Women -- Drug use -- Great Britain -- History.
Drug abuse -- Government policy -- United States.
Drug abuse -- Government policy -- Canada.
Drug abuse -- Government policy -- Great Britain.
Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- United States -- Criminal provisions.
Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- Canada -- Criminal provisions.
Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- Great Britain -- Criminal provisions.
Drug abuse -- Government policy.
Drugs of abuse -- Law and legislation -- Criminal provisions.
Women -- Drug use.
Canada
Great Britain.
United States

Form/Genre:

History.

Contents:

Women and illegal and legal drugs
The medical, legal, and moral regulation of women
Welfare regulation of women
A sociological perspective of drug use and treatment
Women in conflict with the law
U.S. international policy and the war in Colombia
The road to social justice.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-381) and index.

ISBN:

9781611636260
1611636264

OCLC:

891427804

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