The table below provides information about the course's lecture (L) and quiz (Q) sessions. A partial set of lecture notes is available.
Lecture notes files.
| ses # |
TOPICS |
| L1 |
Introduction |
| L2 |
Some Preliminary Ideas |
| L3 |
Alcohol in the U.S. (PDF)
Movie: Reefer Madness |
| L4 |
Alcohol Across Cultures (PDF)
Guest Speaker: Alcoholics Anonymous |
| L5 |
"Primitive" Drugs (PDF)
Documentary: The Peyote Road |
| L6 |
Drugs and American Counterculture (PDF)
Movie: Timothy Leary is Dead |
| L7 |
Cocaine, Latin America and Globalization (PDF) |
| L8 |
Cocaine Consumption |
| Q1 |
Quiz 1 |
| L9 |
Crack Dealers
Guest Speakers |
| L10 |
The War on Drugs (PDF) |
| L11 |
The War on Drugs (cont.) |
| L12 |
Modern Pharmaceuticals: Sex (PDF) |
| Q2 |
Quiz 2 |
| L13 |
Modern Pharmaceuticals: Prozac® (PDF)
Documentary: Happy Valley |
| L14 |
Big Pharma (PDF) |