Drugs and Society

Catalog description

This course focuses on the interrelationships between drugs and the social order. Issues considered include: the nature and effects of legal and illegal drugs; the determinants of drug effects, especially the social determinants; the history of drug prohibition; drug addiction and drug treatment; and drug policy. Credit will be earned once between CJ 320, CRIM 320 and SO 320. Prerequisite: CRIM 101 or CJ 201, or Permission of Instructor. Offered: Occasionally.