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Introduction to a sociological examination of cannabis. Provides a historical analysis of the sociological study of cannabis and social identity, regulation and enforcement, criminalization, and movements toward legalization. Topics approached through the lens of social power and inequity.

Through a socioanthropological lens, this course explores the complex development of masculine identities in diverse contexts. In addition, it examines the variations of masculine experiences such as boyhood, adolescence, and fatherhood through social class, race/ethnicity, age, occupation, gender identity, physical ability and sexuality, and the implications for people from such diverse groups.