Dr. Isaac Campos
This course will explore the history of intoxicants in the Americas from a comparative global perspective.
Primarily the course will explore the political, economic, and cultural forces that explain how certain substances like cocaine, opium, and cannabis have been declared illicit while other substances like alcohol, tobacco, and coffee have not. The course will begin with an examination of drugs in the pre-Hispanic era and carry through to the present-day War on Drugs.
