Drugs and Society

Fall 2020

Drugs and Society

Listed in: Anthropology and Sociology, as SOCI-243

Formerly listed as: SOCI-43

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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.

If Overenrolled: department majors will have preference

Keywords

Online Only

Course times and locations

SOCI 243 - L/D

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

Textbooks

Below are the textbooks used in this course, along with pricing information and availability at local bookstores. The price range shown is based upon queries to multiple online booksellers; click on the the price field to see detailed pricing information.

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
9780393325652	Better Than Well: American Medicine Meets The American Dream	W. W. Norton & Company	Elliott, Carl		Amherst Books	From $5.11-$24.69
9780140266719	Listening to Prozac: The Landmark Book About Antidepressants and the Remaking of the Self, Revised Edition	Penguin Books	Kramer, Peter D.		Amherst Books	From $4.70-$21.45
9780199913732	Marijuana Legalization: What Everyone Needs to Know®	Oxford University Press	Caulkins, Jonathan P. - Hawken, Angela - Kilmer, Beau - Kleiman, Mark		Amherst Books	From $4.38-$20.72
9781416590798	Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry - A Doctor's Revelations about a Profession in Crisis	Free Press	Carlat M.D., Daniel		Amherst Books	From $37.30-$1474.49
9781594484971	We've Got Issues: Children and Parents in the Age of Medication	Riverhead Books	Warner, Judith		Amherst Books	From $5.24-$12.11
9781603581448	Marijuana is Safer: So Why Are We Driving People to Drink?	Chelsea Green Publishing	Fox, Steve - Armentano, Paul - Tvert, Mason		Amherst Books	From $4.39-$11.49

These books are available locally at Amherst Books.

Offerings

2022-23: 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