STS.062J / 21A.344J Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2003

STS.062J / 21A.344J Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2003

Examines the relationship between drugs, politics, and society in cross-cultural perspective; use of mind-altering and habit-forming substances by "traditional societies"; the development of a global trade in sugar, opium, and cocaine with the rise of capitalism; and the use and abuse of a...

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Main Author: Dumit, Joseph
Language:en-US
Published: 2003
Subjects:
drugs
politics
society
cross-cultural perspective
mind-altering substances
habit-forming substances
global trade
sugar
opium
cocaine
capitalism
alcohol
alcohol abuse
LSD
Prozac
war on drugs
tobacco
drug laws
STS.062J
21A.344J
STS.062
21A.344
Drug abuse
Narcotics, Control of > Political aspects
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55806

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