The American Disease: Drugs and Drug Control in the USA

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Syllabus

Part 1: A Short History of Drug Control

1. Course Introduction and Syllabus
2. Drugs in the New Republic and Federal and State Responses
3. The Nixon Era
4. After Nixon – present
5. Introduction to Drug Policy Analysis (Use Reduction & Harm Reduction)

Part 2: Special Topics in Drug Control

6. Marijuana Policy
7. Nonmedical Use of Prescription Drugs
8. The Brain and Addiction
9. Law Enforcement and Crime
10. Global and Innovative Approaches 

Prerequisite

None.

Instructors

  • Michael Nias - College of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry
  • Scott Teitelbaum
  • Kevin Sabet - College of Medicine: Department of Psychiatry

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