The table below provides information about the course's lecture (L) and quiz (Q) sessions. A partial set of lecture notes is available.
| ses # | TOPICS |
|---|---|
| L1 | Introduction |
| L2 | Some Preliminary Ideas |
| L3 | Alcohol in the U.S. (PDF) Movie: Reefer Madness |
| L4 | Alcohol Across Cultures (PDF) Guest Speaker: Alcoholics Anonymous |
| L5 | "Primitive" Drugs (PDF) Documentary: The Peyote Road |
| L6 | Drugs and American Counterculture (PDF) Movie: Timothy Leary is Dead |
| L7 | Cocaine, Latin America and Globalization (PDF) |
| L8 | Cocaine Consumption |
| Q1 | Quiz 1 |
| L9 | Crack Dealers Guest Speakers |
| L10 | The War on Drugs (PDF) |
| L11 | The War on Drugs (cont.) |
| L12 | Modern Pharmaceuticals: Sex (PDF) |
| Q2 | Quiz 2 |
| L13 | Modern Pharmaceuticals: Prozac® (PDF) Documentary: Happy Valley |
| L14 | Big Pharma (PDF) |