1900s through today. Prof. Guerra all right. Welcome to class, everyone. Today, we would like to welcome our cspan viewers 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 in society here at colorado college. In 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. I have been doing research on ethnographical he and historically ethnographically and historically on the drug war and cannabis legalization for the last two decades. So you get to join us now on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. As you remember yesterday, we were talking a little bit about the impact of culture and science on our approaches to medicine in conceptualizing what is an acceptable substance for medical consumption and what
She is the associate professor at george mason university. Her talk this evening is being held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this ,ra, such as rochambeau consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Profounderiences had a impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from musicton, a bachelor of from the Eastman School of music, and a phd and french studies. She has been a membe
Watching at home, is a course focused on business in society here at Colorado College and this class in particular were looking at the making of the u. S. Drug war and in particular how it relates to the prediction and now the legalization of cannabis and how that impacts consumer access to this particular sub stan. Ive been doing research either no graphically and historically on the drug war and for the last two decades so you get to join us today on our tour of the last 100 years of drug policy. We were talking about the impact ourulture and science in approaches to medicine, and what is a sub acceptable substance and what marks those substances that are different from medicine. Today, we are going to try to see how those ideas impact the laws that govern access to these substances. We are going to start over a century ago with the food and drug act of 1906. It impacts us into the present and helps control our access to a whole range of substances. The law itself is focused on consu
Held in conjunction with our current exhibition revolutionary reflections french memories of the war for america, which is on view behind this fireplace. Dr. Pichichero will be discussing war and the enlightenment in the context of french experiences during the American Revolution. Many french officers of this era, such as rochambeau, consider themselves military philosophers who brought enlightenment and philosophical spirit to their enterprises. Their experiences had a profound impact on their experiences and worldviews when they returned to france after the war. These themes are at the center of her book military enlightenment war and culture in the french empire from louis the 14th to napoleon. Published by Cornell University press in 2017. She has a bachelor of arts in comparative literature from princeton, a bachelor of music from the Eastman School of music, and a phd and french studies. She has been a member of the george mason faculty since 2011. Among her many other honors an
Recognized we were only telling half of the story. And so with the determination and courage and perseverance, programming was designed by our panelists tonight so that we could tell the whole story of our 18th century community. Blending social history with public history to tell the africanamerican story had never been done before. And quite literally, they were making history. This is the first of three panelist discussions were going to have this year, and i would welcome you to come back on july 5th, where we will look at current programming that focuses on africanamerican stories. And also on october 18th, where we will be focusing on the future. And our panelists at that discussion will be helping us to think about how do we continue to tell this story . For as mitchell said, its really all of our story. I know our panelists well. And they have plenty to share with us. So please let me begin the evening by introducing our moderator. He began his career here at Colonial Williamsb