HIST 488 - The United States on Drugs: Cultural, Political and Medical Histories

(3 units)

Prerequisite(s): Freshmen excluded.
Explores the development, distribution, marketing, regulation and prohibition of both legal and illegal drugs from the colonial era through contemporary controversies. Topics include drugs and modernity, drug cultures, drugs and race, drug enforcement, and the creation of the psychopharmaceutical industry.

Letter Grade Only (A-F) Not repeatable for credit