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Fast Livesby Claire Sterk
Temple University Press 2008; US$ 26.95Providing insight into drug use from the point of view of female users, this book tells of the complex lives, challenges, and choices of women who use crack cocaine. While popular images of these women present them simply as unreliable individuals, unfit mothers, and women who will do almost anything for crack, Claire Sterk's years of ethnographic research reveal the nature and meaning of crack cocaine use in the larger context of their lives -- including the impact of such issues as gender, class, and race. Focusing on active crack users, Fast Lives compiles information from participant observation, informal conversations, individual interviews, and group discussions. Sterk details the ways in which use affects the lives of these crack... more...
Drugs in Societyby Michael D. Lyman
Elsevier Science 2010; US$ 62.95This work focuses on the many critical areas of America?s drug problem, providing a foundation for rational decisionmaking within this complex and multi-disciplinary field. Broken into three sections: Understanding the Problem, Gangs and Drugs, and Fighting Back, topics covered include the business of drugs and the role of organized crime in the drug trade, drug legalization and decriminalization, legal and law enforcement strategies, an analysis of the socialization process of drug use and abuse, and a historical discussion of drug abuse that puts the contemporary drug problem into perspective. Thoughtful analysis of the diverse perspectives on dealing with the impact of drug use and drug trafficking on American society A close look... more...
Comprehending Drug Useby J. Bryan Page; Merrill Singer
Rutgers University Press 2010; US$ 25.95Comprehending Drug Use , the first full-length critical overview of the use of ethnographic methods in drug research, synthesizes more than one hundred years of study on the human encounter with psychotropic drugs. J. Bryan Page and Merrill Singer create a comprehensive examination of the whole field of drug ethnography-methodology that involves access to the hidden world of drug users, the social spaces they frequent, and the larger structural forces that help construct their worlds. They explore the important intersections of drug ethnography with globalization, criminalization, public health (including the HIV/AIDS epidemic, hepatitis, and other diseases), and gender, and also provide a practical guide of the methods and career... more...
Drug Diplomacy in the Twentieth Centuryby William B. McAllister
Routledge 1999; US$ 42.95This is the first comprehensive historical account of the evolution of the global drugs control regime. It analyzes how the rules and regulations that encompass the drug question came to be framed and examines the historical aspects of the issue. more...
Cocaineby Paul Gootenberg
Routledge 1999; US$ 40.95'An important resource for anyone interested in drug history and politics, and an indispensable one for those who would understand cocaine in a global context.' - David Courtwright, University of North Florida more...
Using Womenby Nancy Campbell
Routledge 2000; US$ 49.95From the 1950s 'girl junkie' to the 1990s 'crack mom', Using Women chronicles the history of women and drug use, providing a critical policy analysis of the government's drug policies and recommendations these policies should take. more...
Traffickersby Nicholas Dorn; Karim Murji; Nigel South
Routledge 1991; US$ 59.95Presents new findings into the most mythologised and least understood area of crime and law enforcement, describing the world of drug trafficking in the words of traffickers and detectives. more...
Drug Misuse and Motherhoodby Hilary Klee; Marcia Jackson; Suzan Lewis
Routledge 2001; US$ 59.95This book combines accounts from drug using mothers and practitioners responsible for their care offering many insights into the nature of women's dependence on drugs and the impact this has on mothering. more...
Heroin Centuryby Tom Carnwath; Ian Smith
Routledge 2002; US$ 49.95This fascinating account of the development and use of this twentieth-century drug provides a wealth of factual information alongside some informed insights into the future for heroin in the twenty-first century. more...
Drug Treatmentby Philip Bean; Teresa Nemitz
Routledge 2004; US$ 59.95A cutting edge survey of the latest developments in drug treatments, featuring contributions from some of the leading figures in the field. It sets out to ask some of the crucial questions in the treatment of drug abusers. more...