Women on ice methamphetamine use among suburban women
Methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shard) has been called epidemic in the United States. Yet few communities were ready for increased use of methamphetamine by suburban women. Women on Ice is the first book to study exclusively the lives of women who use the drug and its effects on their families...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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New Brunswick, N.J. :
Rutgers University Press
c2013.
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| Edition: | 1st ed |
| Series: | Critical issues in crime and society
Critical Issues in Crime and Society |
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| See on Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009798181306719 |
Table of Contents:
- Methamphetamine : the perfect drug for suburban women
- Ethnographic research : exploring methamphetamine use in the suburbs
- The gendered drug career : initiation and progression in methamphetamine use
- Gendered lives : combining work and family with drug-using roles
- Gendered risks : health and infectious diseases
- Gendered risks : violence and crime
- The revolving door : treatment, recovery, and relapse
- Policy implications.
