Academic Calendar - 2024
Western University Academic Calendar. - 2024
Health Sciences 3052A/B
BRIEF HISTORY OF DRUG USE
There haven't been many topics more controversial than drugs in North America. Drug use is one of those features of humanity than goes back into prehistory, and in many ways our current drug use isn't significantly different. This course seeks to examine present-day debates about drugs through historical, sociological and ethical perspectives.
Antirequisite(s): Health Sciences 3092B section 001 if taken in 2011.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 60% [mandatory] in each of Health Sciences 1001A/B and Health Sciences 1002A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.
Course Weight: 0.50
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CATEGORY A
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Subject Code: HEALTSCI
Health Sciences 3052A/B
BRIEF HISTORY OF DRUG USE
There haven't been many topics more controversial than drugs in North America. Drug use is one of those features of humanity than goes back into prehistory, and in many ways our current drug use isn't significantly different. This course seeks to examine present-day debates about drugs through historical, sociological and ethical perspectives.
Antirequisite(s): Health Sciences 3092B section 001 if taken in 2011.
Prerequisite(s): Minimum of 60% [mandatory] in each of Health Sciences 1001A/B and Health Sciences 1002A/B.
Extra Information: 2 lecture hours.