Substance and shadow : women and addiction in the United States / Stephen R. Kandall ; with the assistance of Jennifer Petrillo.
1996
HV5824.W6 K35 1996 (Mapit)
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Title
Substance and shadow : women and addiction in the United States / Stephen R. Kandall ; with the assistance of Jennifer Petrillo.
Author
Kandall, Stephen R.
ISBN
9780674853614 (pbk. : alk. paper)
067485361X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780674853607 (alk. paper)
0674853601 (alk. paper)
067485361X (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780674853607 (alk. paper)
0674853601 (alk. paper)
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 1996.
Language
English
Description
x, 353 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HV5824.W6 K35 1996
Dewey Decimal Classification
362.29082
Summary
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.
Substance and Shadow shows how, though attitudes and drugs may vary over time - from the laudanum of yesteryear to the heroin of the thirties and forties, the tranquilizers of the fifties, the consciousness-raising or prescription drugs of the sixties, or the ascendence of crack use in the eighties - dependency remains an issue for women. Kandall traces the history of questionable treatment that has followed this trend.
Substance and Shadow shows how, though attitudes and drugs may vary over time - from the laudanum of yesteryear to the heroin of the thirties and forties, the tranquilizers of the fifties, the consciousness-raising or prescription drugs of the sixties, or the ascendence of crack use in the eighties - dependency remains an issue for women. Kandall traces the history of questionable treatment that has followed this trend.
Note
Substance and Shadow shows how, though attitudes and drugs may vary over time - from the laudanum of yesteryear to the heroin of the thirties and forties, the tranquilizers of the fifties, the consciousness-raising or prescription drugs of the sixties, or the ascendence of crack use in the eighties - dependency remains an issue for women. Kandall traces the history of questionable treatment that has followed this trend.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [307]-340) and index.
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Also issued online.
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Table of Contents
A historical perspective
The drug problem
America's response
The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act
The classic era
The second World War and after
The 1960s
The 1970s
Enlightened treatment
Opportunities and prosecution
Today and tomorrow.
The drug problem
America's response
The Harrison Anti-Narcotic Act
The classic era
The second World War and after
The 1960s
The 1970s
Enlightened treatment
Opportunities and prosecution
Today and tomorrow.