Title Heavy metal : the social meaning of petrol sniffing in Australia / Maggie Brady

Published Canberra : Aboriginal Studies Press, 1992

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W'PONDS	362.299 Bra/Hmt		AVAILABLE

Description xii, 223 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm Contents 1. An Overview of Aboriginal Substance Use -- 2. Patterns of Use -- 3. So Toxic a Substance -- 4. Throwing Their Lives Away -- 5. Statements of Autonomy -- 6. Sanctions -- 7. The Spread of the Practice -- 8. Action and Resistance Summary Heavy metal: The social meaning of petrol sniffing in Australia Analysis Aborigines Petrol sniffing Social change Notes Includes index Bibliography Bibliography: pages 195-215 Subject Aboriginal Australians -- Drug use. Aboriginal Australians -- Health and hygiene. Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions. Aboriginal Australians -- Substance use. Inhalant abuse -- Australia. Petrol sniffing -- Australia Petrol sniffing Substance abuse -- Australia. Aborigines Australian Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples. Petroleum. Substance-Related Disorders. Solvents. Substance-Related Disorders. Gasoline. SUBJECT Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 Author Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies. LC no. 92193170 ISBN 0855752157

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