The module explores the history and comparative anthropology of drug use and abuse. It offers an assessment of social morality as it applies to drug use. You will study drug use and abuse in terms of deviance and conformity, crime and punishment, identity and community. You will also explore police work and the control of the misuse of drugs in a range of social contexts, drug abuse in various areas of social life including sport and "recreational" use.

For 150 hours, of which 20 will be class contact (with 10 hours whole group contact and 10 hours part group contact) and 130 hours will be guided independent learning. Whole group contact will consist of formal lectures and part group contact of more informal seminars. Seminars will be organised around discussions and the use of audio-visual material, and will also offer general guidance for students' studies. Source materials will include printed materials such as books and journal articles, and electronic sources such as the Internet and CD-ROMs. Independent learning will consist of preparation for seminars, following up issues via texts and other sources and preparation of assessment.

Library. Internet. e-mail. TV& Video play back.
OHP. Audio Tape equipment.
The Blackboard virtual learning environment will be available (where relevant) to support this module. Details will be supplied in the module handbook.

One coursework essay, 4000 words [Learning Outcomes 1-3]

Bancroft, A (2009) Drugs, Intoxication and Society. Cambridge: Polity Press.
Bean, P (2014) Drugs and Crime. 4th edition. London: Routledge.
Gossop, M (2016) Living With Drugs. 7th edition. London: Routledge.
Hari, J (2015) Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing.
McKeganey, N (2011) Controversies in Drugs Policy and Practice. Suffolk: Palgrave.
Nutt, D (2020) Drugs Without the Hot Air: Making sense of legal and illegal drugs. 2nd edition. Cambridge: UIT Cambridge.

The module explores the history and comparative anthropology of drug use and abuse. It offers an assessment of social morality as it applies to drug use. You will study drug use and abuse in terms of deviance and conformity, crime and punishment, identity and community. You will also explore police work and the control of the misuse of drugs in a range of social contexts, drug abuse in various areas of social life including sport and "recreational" use.