Using Women
Subtitle: Gender, Drug Policy, and Social Justice
Publisher: Routledge
Published: June 13, 2000
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780415924122
First sentence: The American woman is many people. She is a lawyer, doctor, nurse, engineer, secretary, teacher, housewife, student, mother, daughter, and grandmother.
Description: This work investigates how the cultural representations of women drug users have defined America's drug policies in this century. It demonstrates the importance that public opinion and popular culture have played in regulating women's lives.