The Global Drug Wars
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Course Description
Explores the global story of the struggle over drugs from the nineteenth century to the present. Topics include the history of the opium wars in China, controversies over wine and tobacco in Iran, narco-trafficking and civil war in Lebanon, the Afghan 'narco-state,' Andean cocaine as a global commodity, the politics of U.S.- Mexico drug trafficking, incarceration, drugs, and race in the U.S., and the globalization of the American 'war on drugs.'
Cross Listed Courses
Grading Basis
ROP - Letter or Credit/No Credit
Min
4
Max
5
Course Repeatable for Degree Credit?
No
Course Component
Colloquium
Enrollment Optional?
No
This course has been approved for the following WAYS
Social Inquiry (SI), Exploring Difference and Power (EDP)
Does this course satisfy the University Language Requirement?
No
Programs
HISTORY301A
is a
completion requirement
for: