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Women and Drug Policy: Implications of Normalization

Women and Drug Policy: Implications of Normalization This article discusses some of the adverse effects that the U. S. punitivedrug policy has on women in the form of gender-biased or inaccessibletreatment programs, the prosecution of pregnant drug users, and therising population of female prisoners. It contrasts the U.S. policy withthe Dutch normalization policy, showing that normalization is a morehumane and pragmatic alternative to this country's punitive andmoralistic approach. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Affilia: Journal of Women and Social Work SAGE

Women and Drug Policy: Implications of Normalization

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Publisher
SAGE
Copyright
Copyright © by SAGE Publications
ISSN
0886-1099
eISSN
1552-3020
DOI
10.1177/088610999400900203
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Abstract

This article discusses some of the adverse effects that the U. S. punitivedrug policy has on women in the form of gender-biased or inaccessibletreatment programs, the prosecution of pregnant drug users, and therising population of female prisoners. It contrasts the U.S. policy withthe Dutch normalization policy, showing that normalization is a morehumane and pragmatic alternative to this country's punitive andmoralistic approach.

Journal

Affilia: Journal of Women and Social WorkSAGE

Published: Jul 1, 1994

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