ANTH 2265 - The Anthropology of Drugs

Institution:

Central New Mexico Community College

Subject:

Description:

This survey course explores the nature and use of mind-altering drugs from a cross-cultural perspective. Topics covered in this class include the varieties and effects of mind-altering drugs around the world, socio-cultural contexts and functions of drugs such as religious, medicinal, and recreational usages, varieties of social control of drugs, and the political economy of world trade in both licit and illicit drugs.

Credits:

3.00

Credit Hours:

Prerequisites:

Reading and Writing Skills 2

Corequisites:

Exclusions:

Level:

Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Additional Information:

Historical Version(s):

Institution Website:

www.cnm.edu

Phone Number:

(505) 224-3000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Trimester

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