Hi, David: I would love to be able to design such a course to teach for a
typical 16 week semester.  I suppose the quickest way to start would be with
2-3 weeks on the topic of alcohol, i.e., history of abuse, production and
distribution, effects etc.  Then, a couple of weeks each on the seven drug
categories: depressants, inhalants, Phencyclidine, cannabis, stimulants,
hallucinogens, and narcotic analgesics.

Darrell Cook
Instructor III
DUI Enforcement Section
Dept of Criminal Justice Training
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From: David Fahey [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Sunday, March 21, 2004 12:26 PM
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Subject: syllabus?


Asking for suggestions for a possible course on "alcohol & other drugs,"
probably for what at my university is called a senior capstone that
combines fairly extensive reading with a research paper.  Some years ago I
did such a course with a focus on the Anglo-American experience with
alcohol and temperance.  I think that I erred then in encouraging narrower
research topics than the undergraduates were qualified to attempt.  Now I
am thinking about broad topics based on secondary literature, but I am
still feeling my way.  By the way, a colleague has been successful for
several years with a course on coffee (which also has produced a few
conference papers and articles).