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