... fully as their male counterparts. This idea of it being acceptable for men to be drug users but not for women is seen in The United States also. When the first drug treatment centres were opened in the 1960's they were exclusively for men, women simply did not figure into the equation. "Female addicts have been considered sicker, more resistant to treatment, and more difficult to deal with than their male counterparts - or any class or ethnic group." Over fourteen years after the first drug rehabilitation centre for men was opened, a centre for women was opened, and two years after that women were given priority in drug treatment because of the extent of the problem. This problem was highlighted and brought into the public forum because of the plight of "crack babies" - babies born addicted to cocaine because their mother used the drug during pregnancy. In Philadelphia in ...

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