Sociology 242 - Drugs & Society

Spring
2025
01
4.00
Samuel Tarplin

M W 4:00PM 5:15PM

UMass Amherst
50502
Lederle Grad Res Tower rm 123
starplin@umass.edu
Aspects of drugs (alcohol, cannabis, stimulants, psychedelics, depressants, opiates): historical and cross-cultural perspectives; behavioral effects; social and cultural factors affecting use; addiction (including alcoholism); political economy of drugs; drugs and social reality. (Gen.Ed. SB)

Open to Sociology majors and seniors in any major.

Permission is required for interchange registration during the add/drop period only.
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