The Gendered Impacts of Drug Policy on Women: Case Studies from Mexico

Abstract

We cleaned it [marijuana], we packaged it, we bundled it up and it was like a process. In the town, people were happy when that kind of work began, because even children, and old people, people of all ages were involved. GABY, Female Prison Centre Tanivet, Oaxaca, Mexico Gabriela Cruz (‘Gaby’) grew up in a rural area in one of the most stunning states of Mexico: Oaxaca. Situated in the south-east, Oaxaca is a place of many beauties and treasures: a varied gastronomy, lush jungles, amazingly preserved pyramids, virgin white-sanded beaches, a multitude of indigenous languages, and mind-enhancing plants—Maria