Drugs and Society Semester: Spring Year: 2019 Subject Name: Sociology Course Number: 243 Institution: Amherst College This course examines the use and control of mood-altering drugs in the United States today from a sociological and critical perspective. The issues we examine include the strange confluence of legal and illegal drugs in the making of the opioid “epidemic” and the ongoing effort to criticize and reform the “War on Drugs.” Limited to 35 students. Spring semester. Professor Himmelstein. Instructor Permission: Permission is required for interchange registration during all registration periods. Schedule #: SOCI-243-01-1819S Course Sections Year - Any -20192018201720162015201420132012 Term - Any -FallSpring Subject Course Number Institution - Any -Amherst CollegeHampshire CollegeMount Holyoke CollegeSmith CollegeUMass Amherst Section Number Drugs and Society Sect # Credits Instructor(s) Instructor Email Meeting Times Location 01 4.0 Jerome Himmelstein jlhimmelstei@amherst.edu MW 12:30PM-01:50PM FAYE 113