Crack Babies

Crack Babies
Author:
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Total Pages: 51
Release: 1991
Genre: Child welfare
ISBN: 0941375374

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Based on on-site interviews with over 200 respondents in 12 metropolitan areas, including: child welfare administrators and caseworkers, hospital and social service staff, private agency representatives, foster parents, state and local officials, and national experts. Conclusion: "the use of cocaine and other illegal substances is pervasive in women of child-bearing age." Chilling!

Crack Baby

Crack Baby
Author: Nyree Watkins
Publisher: AuthorHouse
Total Pages: 75
Release: 2021-04-25
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1665523859

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Nyree was vulnerable, honest, and authentic in her story. She wants to be a voice for those who had the same struggles and for those who are still struggling today. This book is not written from a “got it all together” perspective. Nyree truly believes that struggles are created to make you and not break you. Sharing her story has helped her to become free in her identity. For every person that has had a rocky childhood, this book is for you. To every misfit and misunderstood person, Nyree desires for you to read this book because she wants you to know that you are not alone.

Educating Drug-Exposed Children

Educating Drug-Exposed Children
Author: Janet Y. Thomas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 170
Release: 2005-07-05
Genre: Education
ISBN: 113593326X

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This is the first book to use teachers' experiences to understand how prenatal drug exposure affects children's' development , and how social construction of the problem influences perceptions within schools.

Crack Mothers

Crack Mothers
Author: Drew Humphries
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

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Humphries (sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice, Rutgers U.) analyzes reactions to crack cocaine use, particularly by women, and critiques the policies instituted to combat it. She argues that policies of zero tolerance, mandatory sentences, and interdiction have failed to reduce drug use, increased the sense of persecution among the urban poor, and contributed to court and prison overcrowding. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

How 'Bout That for a Crack Baby

How 'Bout That for a Crack Baby
Author: Shawn T. Blanchard
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2016-05-13
Genre: African American men
ISBN: 9781534680043

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"How 'Bout That For a Crack Baby" depicts the journey of a young man born in Detroit with drugs in his system, and engulfed in an environment with drug lords, poverty, thieves, death, loneliness, and a lack of guidance. Shawn's man- child journey against the odds led him to two degrees, accolades, awards, and recognition...but most of all, service to ensure that many with similar life circumstances would have a pathway to success. His book is at once descriptive and prescriptive as Shawn uses his amazing life trajectory to inject how to maximize the promise of mentorship - solutions that he has personally employed with great success impacting the lives of black and brown boys in Detroit and across the nation.

Crack Babies

Crack Babies
Author:
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 1990
Genre: Cocaine abuse
ISBN:

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Crack Mothers

Crack Mothers
Author: Drew Humphries
Publisher:
Total Pages: 232
Release: 1999
Genre: Family & Relationships
ISBN:

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Humphries (sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice, Rutgers U.) analyzes reactions to crack cocaine use, particularly by women, and critiques the policies instituted to combat it. She argues that policies of zero tolerance, mandatory sentences, and interdiction have failed to reduce drug use, increased the sense of persecution among the urban poor, and contributed to court and prison overcrowding. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Kids, Crack, and the Community

Kids, Crack, and the Community
Author: Barbara Barrett Hicks
Publisher:
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1993
Genre: Psychology
ISBN:

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This book examines the growing epidemic of children born to mothers who use cocaine, particularly the highly addictive version known as "crack," focusing on the health and educational needs of such children. Nine chapters address: (1) the origins of cocaine use in the United States, as well as the chemical properties and physiological effects of the drug; (2) the emergence of crack cocaine in the 1980s and the psychological correlates of crack use; (3) the impact of expectant mothers' crack use on the fetus, and the characteristics of the crack baby; (4) the persistent motor, language, and behavior problems experienced by crack-exposed infants and children; (5) community policies and strategies for dealing with crack-exposed infants; (6) multi-disciplinary support systems for mothers and children, including treatment systems for crack addiction and the prosecution of abusing mothers; (7) care systems for crack-exposed infants and toddlers, and protocols for management of drug-related child abuse; (8) educational policies and practices for use by schools in dealing with crack-exposed children; and (9) classroom management strategies for use with crack-exposed students. Contains approximately 120 references. (MDM)

Drug Crazy

Drug Crazy
Author: Mike Gray
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 269
Release: 2013-05-13
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 1136788778

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Over the last fifteen years, American taxpayers have spent over $300 billion to wage the war on drugs--three times what it cost to put a man on the moon. In Drug Crazy, journalist Mike Gray offers a scathing indictment of this financial fiasco, chronicling a series of expensive and hypocritical follies that have benefited only two groups: professional anti-drug advocates and drug lords. The facts are alarming. More than twenty-five years ago, a presidential committee determined that marijuana is neither an addictive substance nor a "stepping stone" to harder drugs, but the embarrassing final report was shelved by a government already heavily invested in "the war against drugs". Many medical experts recommend simply prescribing drugs to addicts, and communities that have done this report a lower crime rate and reduced unemployment among drug users. In a riveting account of how we got to this impasse--discriminatory policies, demonization of users, grandstanding among both lawmakers and lawbreakers--conventional wisdom is turned on its head. Rather than a planned assault on the scourge of addiction, the drug war has happened almost by accident and has been continually exploited by political opportunists. A gripping account of the violence, corruption, and chaos characterizing the drug war since its inception, Mike Gray's incisive narrative launches a frontal attack on America's drug orthodoxy. His overview of the battlefield makes it clear that this urgent debate must begin now.

The Enemy Within

The Enemy Within
Author: United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means. Subcommittee on Human Resources
Publisher:
Total Pages: 104
Release: 1990
Genre: Cocaine abuse
ISBN:

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Abstract: This report summarizes what is known about the use and abuse of cocaine and its derivative, crack-cocaine. The effects of cocaine and crack are examined. Its also describes how U.S. social service and public health systems interact with cocaine-using parents and their drug-exposed children, and provides examples of model programs that have been developed to cope with these problems.