Behind The Eight Ball

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"Behind the Eight Ball documents an American tragedy that highlights the widening gap between social and economic classes. In their own words, poor black women share the details of their lives before and after crack cocaine invaded their communities, each recalling the circumstances of her introduction to the drug and her first experience using sex to support her addiction. These candid interviews expose the changes in inner-city neighborhoods that created the perfect conditions for a crack stronghold. They also highlight the crack cocaine economy's impact on the lives of inner-city residents and the social consequences of crack addiction for women like "April," who suffered a series of family tragedies including deaths from AIDS, child abuse and neglect, and the state-ordered removal of all the minor children in her family."--Jacket.

subjects: Cocaïne,  African American women,  Sexual behavior,  Poor women,  Crack (Drogue),  Women drug addicts,  Armut,  Poverty,  Drogues et sexualité,  Social Problems,  Drug use,  Enfants nés de mère toxicomane,  African Americans,  Women,  Ethnology,  Sexualité,  Seks,  Vrouwen,  Toxicomanes,  Drugs and sex,  Drogenabhängigkeit,  Crack Cocaine,  Children of prenatal substance abuse,  Crack (Drug),  Prostitution,  Noires américaines,  Femmes pauvres,  Weibliche Schwarze,  Negers,  Usage des drogues,  Cocaine-Related Disorders,  HEALTH & FITNESS,  Noires americaines,  MEDICAL,  Diseases,  Enfants nes de mere toxicomane,  Drogues et sexualite,  Cocai˜ne,  Sexualite,  Neurology,  Drogenabha˜ngigkeit,  Nervous System (incl. Brain),  Cocaine,  Drug addicts,  Poor, united states,  Sexual ethics,  Women, drug use,  Children of prenatal alcohol abuse,  Femmes toxicomanes,  Noirs américains,  Problèmes sociaux,  Femmes,  African American,  Social issues,  Schwarze Frau,  Black or African American