Spring 2027

Drug History: Dangerous Drugs and Magic Bullets

History of medicinal substances and dangerous drugs focusing on gender, race, class, business, laws, regulations, and drug biotypes.

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Lectures are small, with a median of 24 enrolled students in the recorded sections.

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What you’ll be able to do

  • Outline the key theoretical issues in history of medicine and drugs.

  • Explain the relationship, including explanatory models of change, between specific medicines and drugs and society.

  • Critically assess the historiographies of the history of medicine.

  • Evaluate the reputations of specific medicines, medicinal substances and drugs.

  • Effectively communicate conclusions regarding the history of medicines and drugs.

  • Apply historical understandings to contemporary issues regarding drug regulation and political conflicts.

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Prerequisites

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Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation or Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
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PHMSCI 563

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    • Declared in MS Pharmaceutical Sciences: Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation
    • Capstone Certificate in Psychoactive Pharmaceutical Investigation

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the class

A history of medicinal substances and dangerous drugs in wider context, with a focus on gender, race, class, business, and other analytical categories. "Medicines" and "drugs" change over time -- and concepts of risk, danger, legality, and even scientific evidence are elastic. Histories of laws, regulations, and key historical actors, as well as specific drug biographies, will be provided. Not open to students with credit for PHARMACY 563 prior to fall 2026.

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Topics

  • Gender, race, class, and business in the context of medicinal substances and dangerous drugs
  • Laws, regulations, key historical actors, and specific drug biographies
  • Elastic concepts of risk, danger, legality, and scientific evidence over time

Skills

  • Outlining key theoretical issues in history of medicine and drugs
  • Explaining relationships between medicines/drugs and society using explanatory models of change
  • Critically assessing historiographies of the history of medicine
  • Communicating conclusions regarding the history of medicines and drugs

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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