Children of the drug war [electronic resource] : perspectives on the impact of drug policies on young people / Damon Barrett, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Barrett, Damon.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drug control.

Children--Drug use.

Children.

Children--Social conditions.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (253 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : International Debate Education Association, 2011.

Language Note:

English

Contents:

Frontlines: production and trade

Real life on the frontlines of Colombia's drug war / Jess Hunter-Bowman

Children : forgotten victims in Mexico's drug war / Aram Barra & Daniel Joloy

In the shadows of the insurgency in Afghanistan : child bartering, opium debt, and the war on drugs / Christopher Kuonqui & Atal Ahmadzai

After the war on drugs : how legal regulation of production and trade would better protect children / Steve Rolles

Targets : race, class, and law enforcement

Getting the message : hip hop reports on the drug war / Deborah Peterson Small

Under cover of privilege : college drug dealing in the United States / A. Rafik Mohamed & Erik Fritsvold

Young soldiers in Brazil's drug war / Michelle Gueraldi

Home front : the impact on families

Dancing with despair : a mother's perspective / Gretchen Burns Bergman

Mothers and children of the drug war : a view from a women's prison in Quito, Ecuador / Jennifer Fleetwood & Andreina Torres

Between Diego and Mario : children of the drug war in Indonesia / Asmin Fransiska, Ricky Gunawan & Ajeng Larasati

"Ants facing an elephant" : mothers' grief, loss, and work for change following the placement of children in the care of child protection services / Kathleen Kenny & Amy Druker

Justification : children, drug use, and dependence

Youth drug use research and the missing pieces in the puzzle : how can researchers support the next generation of harm reduction approaches? / Catherine Cook & Adam Fletcher

Taking drugs together : early adult transitions and the limits of harm reduction in England and Wales / Michael Shiner

Drug testing in schools : a case study in doing more harm than good / Adam Fletcher

Dependence on drugs and alcohol for survival : a case study on young people and street children in Badagry, a border town in Nigeria / Femi Aina Fasinu

"I've been waiting for this my whole life" : life transitions and heroin use / Jovana Arsenijevic & Andjelka Nikolic

Why should children suffer? : palliative care and pain management for children / Joan Marston.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-61770-030-4

OCLC:

923146677