Mothers and illicit drugs : transcending the myths / Susan C. Boyd.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Boyd, Susan C., 1953-

Contributor:

Osgoode Society for Canadian Legal History.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mothers--Drug use--Canada.

Mothers.

Mothers--Drug use--United States.

Physical Description:

viii, 243 p. ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Toronto ; Buffalo : University of Toronto Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"During the past decade, media and medical forces have combined to create an alarming view of pregnant mothers who use illicit drugs. The result has been increased state control of these women and their infants. This in-depth study is the first in Canada to look at how mothers who use illicit drugs regard the laws, medical practices, and social services that intervene in their lives." "Focusing on practices in western Canada, Susan C. Boyd argues that licit and illicit drug categories are artificial and dangerous and that the evidence for neonatal abstinence syndrome (NAS) is suspect and ideologically driven. She shows that women of colour and poor women are treated much more harshly by authorities, that current regulations erode women's civil liberties, and that social control is the aim of drug policy and law. The study highlights mothers' views of the NAS program at Sunny Hill Hospital for Children in Vancouver."--Jacket

Contents:

CONTENTS

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

1: A Gender Analysis

Women and Social Control

Women and Illicit Drug Use

Motherhood

Maternal Drug Use

The Method: A Feminist Perspective

A Biographical Profile

2: Drugs and Mothering

Women's Perception of Illicit Drug Use

Illicit Drug Use and Mothering

Conclusion

3: Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS): Sunny Hill Hospital for Children

Sunny Hill Hospital NAS Program

Long-Term NAS Problems

Patient Release and Follow-up

It's the Drugs!

Conclusion

4: Social Services: Intervention and RegulationContemporary Social Services

Past Social Service History

Pregnancy, Birth, and Social Services

5: Drug Treatment

Drug Treatment: Experience and Usefulness

Methadone: A Maintenance Program

Drug Use, Withdrawal, and Cessation

Alternatives to Current Drug Treatment

6: The Effects of the Criminalization of 'Narcotics'

Drug and Drug-Related Charges

Arrest and Prison

Police Surveillance

Prostitution

Race, Class, and Gender

Re-entry

Criminalization, Decriminalization, and LegalizationConclusion

7: Implications for Policy Makers

Policy Directions

APPENDIX: Interview Schedule

NOTES

REFERENCES

INDEX

A

B

C

D

E

F

H

I

J

L

M

N

O

P

R

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T

V

W

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 23. Jul 2020)

ISBN:

1-282-02851-0

1-4426-7741-4

9786612028519

0-8020-8151-7

OCLC:

979954615