Drugs in Hispanic Communities - Softcover

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ISBN 10: 0813515696 ISBN 13: 9780813515694

Verlag: Rutgers University Press, 1990

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This anthology details the origins, extent, and solutions for drug use and trafficking in Latino communities. The chapters focus on various stages of distributing drugs (addiction and selling) and curing the abuse (prevention and counseling). Several Latino subpopulations are emphasized as well (adolescents, women). The contributors have various writing styles. Some of the work was number-crunching, others were historical or merely descriptive. AIDS was a backdrop to the discussion; there was one AIDS-focused chapter and a few chapters ended with the topic. However, the overlap of drug use and prostitution or male-to-male sex in the AIDS spread was not brought up; I found that kinda disappointing. This book was compiled over a decade ago and it may be dated. The use of "Hispanic" rather than "Latino" is an example of this fact. The book differentiates and highlights Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans. Though other Latino groups may feel left out, I applaud this goal to recognize ethnic distinctions within the Latino population. Though there were some Spanish-surnamed authors, I get the sense that this was mostly Anglo writing on the Latino populations. This may feel a bit colonizing to some readers. Still, I am glad there's a book out there that documents the problem and the cure amongst this racial minority group.

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• Verlag: Rutgers University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1990
• ISBN 10: 0813515696
• ISBN 13: 9780813515694
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 275
• Herausgeber: Glick Ronald