Lectures in history series continues now with a look at marijuana regulation in u. S. History. We also heard about views and laws on marijuana, alcohol, opioids and other narcotics. This is 50 minutes. All right. Welcome to class, everyone, today. Wed like to welcome our cspan viewers that are joining our class today. We are going to be covering a lot today. This class for those of you that are watching at home is a course focused on business and society here at colorado college. And this class in particular we are looking at the making of the u. S. Drug war and particularly how it relates to the prohibition and now the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular substance. Ive been doing research ethnic graphically and historically on the drug war and cannabis legalization the last two decades. So you get to join us today on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. So as you remember yesterday we were talking a little bit about the impact of
Colorado college and in this class in particular, we look at the making of the u. S. Drug war and how it relates to prohibition in the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular substance. Ive been doing research on the drug war and cannabis for the last two decades, so you get to join us today on hours tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. Alexa remember yesterday we talked a little bit about the impact of culture and science on the approach to medicine and conceptualizing what is an acceptable substance for medical consumption and what marks the substances that are different from medicine. So, today we will try to see how the very ideas actually impact the laws that govern our access to substances. So, we will start at just over a century ago with the pure food and drugs act of 1906. This is something that impacts us into the present and really helps to control access to a whole range of substances. So, the lie itself is focused on consumer
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