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Intersecting Voices: Impacts of Illinois' Drug Affairs
Publication year:
2006
| Cataloged on:
Oct. 31, 2006
ANNOTATION: The impacts of Illinois' drug policies are examined. Chapters following an executive summary are: "Like trying to hold back the ocean with a sword" -- enforcement, incarceration, education, and race; "I can say now, I sure didnt know what I was getting into -- youth, drug use prevention, and education; "I was nearly 50 before I was given the right diagnosis -- treatment costs, benefits, and co-occurring disorders; "To see how people look at you, like trash" -- homelessness and substance abuse disorders; "I lost my kids, I lost my hope" -- women, traumatic history, substance use disorders, and the impact of incarceration; "Thank God I was incarcerated in 1992" -- incarceration, education, and employment; and policy recommendations.