Mothers and illicit drugs : transcending the myths / Susan C. Boyd.

  • Boyd, Susan C., 1953-
Date:
[1999]
  • Books

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Description

"This book provides a view of women who use illicit narcotics in Canada - focusing on their opinions regarding the law, medical and social service policy, and regulations that affect their lives - against the background of the social control of women in Western society."--From synopsis.

Publication/Creation

Toronto, Canada : University of Toronto Press, [1999]

Physical description

viii, 243 pages ; 24 cm

Contributors

Related material

This item was donated as part of the DrugScope archive held by Wellcome Collection, reference SA/DRS https://wellcomecollection.org/works/psspw62x

Notes

Copy 1. Donor: DrugScope.

Contents

1. A Gender Analysis -- 2. Drugs and Mothering -- 3. Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Sunny Hill Hospital for Children -- 4. Social Services: Intervention and Regulation -- 5. Drug Treatment -- 6. The Effects of the Criminalization of 'Narcotics' -- 7. Implications for Policy Makers.

Bibliographic information

Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-238) and index.

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    M26789

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ISBN

  • 0802043313
  • 9780802043313
  • 0802081517
  • 9780802081513