Books:
I. The Pursuit of Oblivion: A Global History of Narcotics by Richard Davenport-Hines
II. The War on Drugs IV by James A. Inciardi
III. Lies, Damned Lies, and Drug War Statistics by Matthew R. Robinson & Renee G. Scherlen
IV. Beyond Bogota: Diary of a Drug War Journalist in Colombia by Garry Leech
V. Opium Season: A Year on the Afghan Frontier by Joel Hafvenstein
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INDEX:
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readings and links
Click HERE for class
notes
Readings/Links
Links are organized into the
following
categories:
Basic drug facts
Nature and
extent
of drug use in the United States
About the drug
war (history and goals of the war on drugs at home)
International
issues (the war on
drugs abroad)
Evaluation of the drug war at home
Evaluation of the drug war abroad
Alternatives to the drug war
Drug agency
web sites
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Class Notes
(Fall 2009)
These notes are being updated now ...
Class
1
(August 25) -- Syllabus review
Class
2
(August 27) -- Initial reactions to drug war from students ("Take a Stand by Making a Mark"), and what percentage of "drug use" is "drug abuse"?
Class
3
(Septmber 1)-- Policy
Analysis Model (PowerPoint format)
Class
4
(Septmber 3)-- Basic
Facts About Drugs (PowerPoint format)
Class
5
(September 8th) -- Drugs
and Their Effects (PowerPoint format)
NO CLASS September 10th (Convocation)
Class
6
(September 15th) -- Group Discussion: Global History (MS Word format)
Class
7
(September 17th) -- Global Drug Production and Consumption (PowerPoint format)
Classes
8 -10 (September 22nd-29th) -- History of the Drug War (PowerPoint format) and
The Role of the Media (PowerPoint format)
Class
11 (October 1st) -- Goals and Methods of Drug War in US (PowerPoint format)
Class
12 (October 6th) -- Goals and Methods of Drug War in US (from the 2009 Strategy) (PowerPoint format)
Class
13 (October 8th) -- continued discussion ...
Class 14 (October 13) -- EXAM 1 (mid-term), No class on October 15 (Fall Break)
Class 15 (October 20th) -- The War on Drugs Abroad: Overview (from the 2009 Strategy) (PowerPoint format)
Classes 16-18 (October 22nd-29th) --
The War on Drugs Abroad: Afghanistan (PowerPoint format)
The War on Drugs Abroad: Afghanistan (PowerPoint format)
The War on Drugs Abroad: Colombia (PowerPoint format)
The War on Drugs Abroad: Colombia (PowerPoint format)
Class 19, 21 (November 3rd, 10th) -- Evaluation of
Drug War in the
US
:
Goals
Achieved? (PowerPoint
format)
No class on November 5th (Dr. Robinson is at professional conference)
Class 21 (November 10th) -- Evaluation
-- Cost/Benefit Analysis of US War on Drugs (PowerPoint
format)
Class 22 (November 17th) -- continued discussion ...
Class 23 (November 19th) -- Discussion about whether ONDCP has met its goals domestically and internationally, including an examition of OMB's Program Assessment Rating Tool (PART)
Class 24 (November 24th) -- Discussion of alternatives including legalization and decriminalization (on board)
Class 25 (December 1st) -- Discussion of legalization(PowerPoint
format) and Policy Change (PowerPoint
format)
ANYTHING BELOW THIS LINE IS OLD NOTES THAT WILL BE UPDATED/REPLACED FOR YOUR CLASS
Basic
Drug Facts
Online
Readings (updated for Fall 2009 class)
Facts about drugs -- http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/drugfact/index.html
Drug by drug -- http://www.drugpolicy.org/drugbydrug/
Drug facts -- http://safety1st.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=20&Itemid=37
Marijuana The Facts -- http://www.drugpolicy.org/marijuana/
Common questions about
marijuana -- http://www.mpp.org/library/common-questions-about-marijuana.html
Marijuana Myths vs. Reality --
http://www.mpp.org/library/marijuana-myths-vs-reality.html
Other Useful
Web Sites
Alcohol
Quick Facts (From the National Institute on Alcohol and Alcohol
Abuse)
Cigarette
Smoking-Related Mortality (Find out some of the facts about the
most deadly drug on the planet)
CLUB
Drugs (from NCJRS - National Criminal Justice Reference Service)
DrugAbuse.Com
(Search by drug type)
Drugs.com
(Search any drug)
Marijuana.Com
(A lot of good information about the most used illicit drug)
National
Institute on Drug Abuse (Search every type of drug and
see
its effects)
Second
Hand Smoke: Health Effects of Chemicals found in Cigarette Smoke
(Ah, the truth hurts, for real)
Teen
Challenge Drug pages (Search any drugs)
The
Medical Basis of Stress, Depression, Anxiety, Sleep Problems, and Drug
Use (their mission is health education, particularly at a high
school and college level)
The
National Clearinghouse for Alcohol and Drug Information (For
information
about drugs of abuse)
Tobacco
Information and Prevention Source (From the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention)
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the readings and links index
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above to the page index
About the Drug War:
Online
Readings
Drug War Facts -- http://www.drugwarfacts.org/index2.htm
“National Drug Control Strategy” Office
of National Drug Control Policy -- http://www.whitehousedrugpolicy.gov/
Other Useful
Web Sites
A History of
the War on Drugs (From Tom O'Connor)
Drugs
and Crime Statistics (From the National Criminal Justice
Reference
Service)
Drug War History in a nutshell
(From About.com)
Drug
War: Covert Money, Power & Policy (A book all
about
it)
Economist.com
| Library (Read a very information series on the futility of
the
nation's drug war)
Narco
News (An informative series of articles about the war on drugs)
Office
of National Drug Control Policy (Everything you need to know
about
what our government is doing in the war on drugs, including the goals
and
objectives of the National Drug Control Strategy, Drug Control Budget,
Performance Measures of Effectiveness, Counterdrug Blueprint Update,
Treatment
Information, State and Local Resources, and International Sources)
PBS Frontline's DRUG WARS
(includes a drug war timeline HERE)
See
the war on drugs clock (from
drugsense.org)
Statistics
on Drugs and Crime (From the Bureau of Justice Statistics)
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the readings and links index
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above to the page index
