Surviving Heroin: Interviews With Women in Methadone Clinics
Authors: Jennifer Friedman, Marixsa Alicea Manufacturer: University Press of Florida Keywords: methadone ISBN: 081302286X
Book description Surviving Heroin will be indispensable for addiction and women's studies scholars and for drug treatment practitioners, social workers, and other advocates for women's health. This rich ethnographic account of the experiences of 37 women who use methadone-heroin survivors whose lives continue to be controlled by methadone and by the clinics that dispense it-concentrates on women in Florida who grew up during the 1950s and 1960s. The authors explore the intersection of drug use and race, class, and gender oppression. Their analysis suggests new ways to understand how women on heroin and methadone struggle to regain a sense of legitimacy and control in their lives. While methadone clinics… |
