STS.062J / 21A.344J Drugs, Politics, and Culture, Spring 2003

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Author(s)
Dumit, Joseph
Alternative Title
Drugs, Politics, and Culture
Date Issued
June 2003
Abstract
Examines the relationship between drugs, politics, and society in cross-cultural perspective; use of mind-altering and habit-forming substances by "traditional societies"; the development of a global trade in sugar, opium, and cocaine with the rise of capitalism; and the use and abuse of alcohol, LSD, and Prozac in the US. Finishes by looking at the war on drugs, shifting attitudes to tobacco, and by evaluating America's drug laws.
Subjects
drugs
politics
society
cross-cultural perspective
mind-altering substances
habit-forming substances
global trade
sugar
opium
cocaine
capitalism
alcohol
alcohol abuse
LSD
Prozac
war on drugs
tobacco
drug laws
STS.062J
21A.344J
STS.062
21A.344
Drug abuse
Narcotics, Control of -- Political aspects
MIT Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program
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