Sociology 225: Sociology of Drugs
Number of academic hours per week: 3
Number of credits: 3
Semesters offered: Fall, Spring
Prerequisites: Sociology 101
This course examines the changing scientific and popular understandings
of the effect, harms, benefits, and patterns of drug use as well as
the historical and ongoing debates about drug policy. Most of the
major recreational drugs (opiates, cocaine, cannabis, psychedelics,
alcohol, tomacco, and caffeine) will be discussed in comparative and
historical perspective.