Summary:
The FAST women Sterk (public health, Emory U.) interviewed in her ethnographic research are 149 crack cocaine users in the Female Atlanta Study. They discuss their backgrounds, the greater stigmatization of female drug users for exchanging sex for drugs, aspirations, and issues like legalization and AIDS. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-234) and index.
Contents:
- 1. Getting Into Drugs
- 2. Patterns of Income Generation and Drug Use
- 3. Significant Others: The Women's Steady Partners
- 4. Reproduction and Motherhood
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- 5. Off and On: Experiences with Drug Treatment
- 6. Female Drug Users and the AIDS Epidemic
- 7. Violent Encounters
- 8. Past Experiences, Future Aspirations and Policies.
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