SOC 350 - Drugs and Modernity

Institution:

Southern Connecticut State University

Subject:

Sociology

Description:

Prerequisite: 3 credits in SOC. Drug use is constant, a phenomenon as common as the human experience as religion and music. The use of various substances to change states of feeling and conscious experience is woven into modern societies' conflicts about valid norms and beliefs as well as concerns about public health. Paradoxically, the societies that have the highest rate of illicit dependency also have the most visible anti-drug norms. In this course we put aside the question of how our dicipline can solve social problems on which we may disagree. Instead we pursue what we can learn by examining drug use as a phenomenon and how it continues to shape our world. 3 credits.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.southernct.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 392-5200

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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