History of Drugs, Policy, and Culture in the United States

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Description: This course explores the relationship between illicit and licit drug use, drug policy, and depiction of drug use and people who use drugs, producers, sellers, policy makers, and law enforcement in the news and cultural media in the United States from 1800 to the present. The course examines the history of chemical substances that alter the body, the evolution of local and national drug policy and agencies, and how culture and society have impacted drug policies.