PIA 1106 - THE WAR ON DRUGS

Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
Long Description The War on Drugs examines the history of drug control policy in the United States and the internationalization of drug prohibition. Topics include: the history of drug control policy in the US and internationally; the nature of drug abuse and addiction and current drug use patterns, the different components of drug control policy, including crop eradication, drug interdiction, leadership decapitation, law enforcement, and drug treatment and prevention; the structure of the drug trade in the Andes, Mexico, Afghanistan, and the US; and alternatives to drug prohibition, including legalization and harm reduction. The course highlights similarities and differences between the war on drugs and the war on terror with an eye towards understanding how our experience with the first can better inform our response to the second.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis

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