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

Dumit, Joseph

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Dumit, Joseph

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Drugs, Politics, and Culture

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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.

Date issued

2003-06

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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/55806

Department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Program in Science, Technology and Society; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Anthropology Program

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STS.062J-Spring2003

local: STS.062J

local: 21A.344J

local: IMSCP-MD5-5e08f86420730a30b5ad1204b2b6ccfe

Keywords

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

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