Drugs & Society

Fall 2008

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Links on Harm Reduction

International Harm Reduction Association - http://www.ihra.net/

Humbolt Park Needle Exchange Program - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzKta1YZVQE

Vancouver Safe Injection Site - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dQpRMJacTiQ

Swiss approve prescription heroin - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7757050.stm

posted by Prof. Baker at 7:56 pm  

Wednesday, December 10, 2008

Updated grading scale

The following grading scale will be used to assign final grades:

A = 100 - 94

A- = 93 - 90

B+ = 89 - 87

B =  86 - 84

B- = 83 - 80

C+ = 79 - 77

C = 76 - 74

C- = 73 - 70

D+ = 69 - 67

D = 66 - 64

D- = 63 - 60

F = 59 and below

posted by Prof. Baker at 3:47 pm  

Wednesday, December 3, 2008

Mexico’s Drug War

This is a fantastic website from the LA Times on the War on Drugs in Mexico

http://projects.latimes.com/mexico-drug-war/#/its-a-war

posted by Prof. Baker at 5:09 pm  

Wednesday, November 19, 2008

Video clips - War on Drugs

Bush speech - http://vvi.onstreammedia.com:80/cgi-bin/visearch?squery=+ClipID:5++VideoAsset:pbsnh051001&query=&user=pbs-newshour&tid=email

Rick Ross - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FYgwIBXMNho

Oakland housing authority - http://vvi.onstreammedia.com:80/cgi-bin/visearch?squery=+ClipID:1++VideoAsset:pbsnh021902&query=oakland+housing+authority&user=pbs-newshour&tid=email

Donald Scott Case - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJk9tdY-bvs

posted by Prof. Baker at 8:56 pm  

Monday, November 17, 2008

Nancy Reagan on Different Strokes

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KlTx2cGHSh8

posted by Prof. Baker at 2:44 pm  

Monday, November 3, 2008

Ketamine

A Science Friday episode that discussion the Ketamine Depression study

http://www.sciencefriday.com/program/archives/200707274

posted by Prof. Baker at 8:23 pm  

Monday, November 3, 2008

How the Marijuana Tax Act was created

Here is the film clip we watched in class:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oloobzAU-3Q

posted by Prof. Baker at 8:21 pm  

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Bio-Psycho-Social approach to drug use

I took pictures of the blackboard yesterday.  They’re not perfect.  But they might help you out.

posted by Prof. Baker at 7:58 pm  

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

This American Life

First, here is the story of the man who treats heroin addiction with Ibogaine.  (I think in class I said it was alcoholism, but I was wrong.) You will find this story in Act 2: I’m not a doctor but I play one at the Holiday Inn

http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1161

 

David Sedaris talks about his use of ecstasy in the creation of his art.  You will find this story in Act 2: Still Life - http://www.thislife.org/Radio_Episode.aspx?sched=1200

posted by Prof. Baker at 9:52 pm  

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

interesting things from your classmates

An herbal powder that is snorted like cocaine… http://news.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/hi/health/newsid_7675000/7675456.stm

 

The article on how religiosity reduces marijuana use… http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2008/10/081010175311.htm

posted by Prof. Baker at 9:38 pm  
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