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2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2011-2012 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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SOC 8 - (BH) Sociology of Substance Abuse

Semester Hours: 3
Periodically
The systematic study of the social construction and costs of substance abuse. Specific emphasis is placed on the effects of substance abuse on various social institutions (family, workplace), and on the several sociological theories which can be applied to explain its occurrence. Other topics include the subcultures of substance abuse, issues of treatment and prevention, abuse and social policy.





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