Drugs and Society: Hallucinogens

CJ Trowbridge 2020-06-11 Drugs and Society Reading Response – Section 4 Illegal drugs and how they got that way – hallucinogens All currently illegal drugs were recently legal All cultures have parties, usually including the use of drugs Ecstasy fills an unmet need for connection, empathy, connectedness, and openness between people in a hostile culture,… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Hallucinogens

Drugs and Society: Public Health and Harm Reduction

CJ Trowbridge HED 315 2020-06-04 Reaction Paper: Unit 2 Reducing Drug Related Harm (Powerpoint) Course goal: To give participants the opportunity to examine drug-related harm, and help participants gain a basic understanding of how harm reduction principles, policy and practice work together to address that harm. Harm reduction is an approach that aims to reduce… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Public Health and Harm Reduction

“The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”

The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis. Focusing just on drug use and not on the causes for addiction, I was struck by this line from Ethan Nadelmann’s Ted Talk. It reminded me of arguments made by founding Queer Theorist Michel Foucault in his landmark book Discipline and Punish. Foucault… Continue reading “The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”

Drugs and Society: Intro

CJ Trowbridge HED 315 – Drugs and Society 2020-06-01 Reaction Points: Unit 1 ethan nadelman’s ted talk Effects of the war on drugs Created a $300b global black market for drugs More drug use than ever Same failure as the prohibition on alcohol Treaties emphasize criminalization rather than treatment Most money spend around the world… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Intro