Drugs, Alcohol, and Society: Social Structure, Process, and Policy

Part 1: Major concepts and issues in substance abuse. The problem of alcohol and drugs in society: social structure, process, and policy. Drugs, drug effects, and drug behaviour. Drug use and abuse in American society: social patterns and trends. Drug use and abuse in American Society: work, sports, and crime. Part II: Illegal drugs, Marijuana. Heroin. Cocaine. Social control and public policy on drugs: Law enforcement. Social control and public policy on drugs: treatment and prevention. Part III: Legal drugs. Alcohol: physiological, psychological, and social factors in drinking behaviour and alcoholism. Alcohol: social structure and social process. Social control and public policy on alcohol. Tobacco.