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2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin 
    
2018-2019 Undergraduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED BULLETIN]

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SOC 008 - (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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