Böcker av Susan C. Boyd

Pregnant drug users are the focus of this new study that argues that women who abuse substances should not be treated differently during their pregnancies but should instead be treated the same way as women who have medical problems with obstetric consequences. The social issues that produce drug abuse during pregnancy are discussed, and valuable information about top practices and policies for caring for maternal drug users is provided.

Going beyond the newspapers, Killer Weed examines how legal, political, and civil initiatives that have emerged from the media narrative have troubling consequences for a shrinking Canadian civil society.

A critical feminist expose of some surprising social fictions about both "good" and "bad" drugs, and "good" and "bad" mothers.

In More Harm Than Good, Carter, Boyd and MacPherson take a critical look at the current state of Canadian drug policy and raise key questions about the effects of Canada s increasing involvement in and commitment to the war on drugs. "

Boyd explores over a century of American, British, and Canadian films containing fictional representations of drug use, the drug trade, and the war on drugs.

Drawing on over 100 films produced in Britain, Canada, and the US from 1912 to 2006, which focus on illegal drugs and their consequences, this book examines representations of discourse about users, traffickers, criminal justice, and treatment.