Substance and Shadow: Women and Addiction in the United States

Substance and Shadow: Women and Addiction in the United States

In 1989 Jennifer Johnson was convicted of delivering a controlled substance to a minor. That the minor happened to be Johnson’s unborn child made her case particularly complex, controversial, and ultimately, historical. Stephen R. Kandall, a neonatologist and pediatrician, testified as an expert witness on Johnson’s behalf. The experience caused him to wonder how one disadvantaged black woman’s case became a prosecutorial battlefield in the war on drugs.

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