Fall 2020

Drugs and Society

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-243

Formerly listed as: SOCI-43

Faculty

Jerome L. Himmelstein (Section 01)

Description

This course examines the use and control of mood-altering drugs in the United States today from a sociological and critical perspective. The issues we examine include the strange confluence of legal and illegal drugs in the making of the opioid “epidemic” and the ongoing effort to criticize and reform the “War on Drugs.”

Limited to 20 students. Fall semester. Professor Himmelstein.

SOCI 243 - L/D

Section 01
M 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM ONLI ONLI
W 12:30 PM - 01:50 PM ONLI ONLI

This is preliminary information about books for this course. Please contact your instructor or the Academic Coordinator for the department, before attempting to purchase these books.

ISBN Title Publisher Author(s) Comment Book Store Price
Better Than Well Amherst Books TBD
Listening to Prozac Amherst Books TBD
Marijuana Is Safer Amherst Books TBD
Marijuana Legalization Amherst Books TBD
Unhinged: Trouble With Psychiatry Amherst Books TBD
We've Got Issues Amherst Books TBD

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2024-25: Not offered
Other years: Offered in Spring 2008, Fall 2009, Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Fall 2020