Ebook Governance of Female Drug Users : Women Drug Users' Experiences of Policy by Natasha Du Rose in DOC, MOBI
9781847426727 English 1847426727 Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, this book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies., This book is the first to examine how female drug users' identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. Drawing from in-depth accounts from forty-one drug-using women, it offers an empirical analysis of the subjectivities current drug policies ascribe to women users and how these prolong--rather than end their--problematic use, while reinforcing their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, "Governance of Female Drug Users" calls for the reformulation of drug policies based on gender equity and social justice.
9781847426727 English 1847426727 Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, this book is the first to examine how female drug user's identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies., This book is the first to examine how female drug users' identities, and hence their experiences, are shaped by drug policies. Drawing from in-depth accounts from forty-one drug-using women, it offers an empirical analysis of the subjectivities current drug policies ascribe to women users and how these prolong--rather than end their--problematic use, while reinforcing their social exclusion. Challenging popular misconceptions of female users, "Governance of Female Drug Users" calls for the reformulation of drug policies based on gender equity and social justice.