Women on Ice : Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women

Women on Ice : Methamphetamine Use Among Suburban Women / Miriam Boeri.

This book explores the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews with women in the suburban counties of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. chronicle the details of their initiation into metham...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Boeri, Miriam
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, [2013]
Series:Critical issues in crime and society.
Subjects:
Women > Drug use.
Methamphetamine abuse.
Women drug addicts.
Drug addiction > Treatment.
SELF-HELP > Substance Abuse & Addictions > Drug Dependence.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Sociology > General.
Drug addiction > Treatment
Methamphetamine abuse
Women drug addicts
Women > Drug use
Electronic books.
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Summary:This book explores the lives of women who use methamphetamine (ice, speed, crystal, shards) and the effects of its use on their families. In-depth interviews with women in the suburban counties of one of the largest metropolitan areas in the U.S. chronicle the details of their initiation into methamphetamine, the turning points into problematic drug use, and, for a few, their escape from lives veering out of control.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xvi, 231 pages)
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9780813554617
0813554616
Language:English.
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Print version record.

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