ISBN: 9780674853614 - substance and shadow: women and addiction in the united states (4 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 1st edition. 368 pages. 9.50x6.50x1.00 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. pp. 368.

Zustand: New. This book shows how, though attitudes and drugs may vary over time-from the laudanum of yesteryear to the consciousness-raising or prescription drugs of the 60s, and the ascendance of crack use in the 80s-dependency remains an issue for women. Kandall tra.

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - In 1989 Jennifer Johnson was convicted of delivering a controlled substance to a minor. That the minor happened to be Johnson's unborn child made her case all the more complex, controversial, and ultimately, historical. Stephen R. Kandall, a neonatologist and pediatrician, testified as an expert witness on Johnson's behalf. The experience caused him to wonder how one disadvantaged black woman's case became a prosecutorial battlefield in the war on drugs. This book is the product of Kandall's search through the annals of medicine and history to learn how women have fared in this conflict and how drug-dependent women have been treated for the past century and a half.…