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Cultural, Social, and Historical Overview of Alcohol- and Drug-Related Problems

X128 (2 semester units in Public Health)

A requirement in the Certificate Program in Alcohol and Drug Abuse Studies

Political and social contexts shape our views about and responses to drug use. This course explores the cultural and historical roots of evolving alcohol and drug policy in American society. Traditional substance-abuse service systems are investigated, as are critiques of the "war on drugs," and pressures to reform and innovate. Guest speaker: Tracey Lee, founding member of Recovery Advocates for Treatment.

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Mon. Sept. 14, San Francisco

KEVIN MCGIRR, M.A., RN, is the acting director of quality management in the San Francisco Department of Public Health's Community Behavioral Services. He maintains a private practice, facilitates behavioral health groups for Kaiser Permanente San Francisco, and teaches at UCSF, San Francisco State and San Jose State universities.

• 10 meetings
• Sept. 14 to Nov. 16: Mon., 6:30-9:30 pm
• San Francisco: Room 811, UC Berkeley Extension Downtown Center, 425 Market St., 8th Floor (enter on Fremont St.)
• $375 (EDP 401158)

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