ANTH1006 – Drugs Across Cultures

ANTH1006 – Drugs Across Cultures

1. List five (5) characteristics of an ethnographic approach to drug use that we have discussed in class and describe how they may be beneficial.
2. Briefly explain why colonial authorities in Jamaica were strongly against cannabis use despite it being considered by Rastafarians to be a sacred herb (kaya)?
3. In Detective Inspector Jason Smith’s lecture, he discussed the National Drug Policy that has been in effect since 1985. Although the National Drug Policy is updated every few years, Detective Inspector Jason Smith identified three (3) pillars of National Drug Policy that remain constant.  List these three (3) pillars and provide a brief description of each.
4. ‘The Profit Paradox’, as discussed by Bertram and colleagues in their 1996 book ‘Drug War Politics: The Price of Denial’, was discussed in class. In your own words, describe the five (5) points of this paradox.
5. Briefly explain the reason why the LSD experiences of Timothy Leary and his followers (particularly those at Millbrook) were so different to the experiences of those who were subjected to the LSD experiments financed and administered on behalf of the CIA?
6. In his lecture, Dr Alex Wodak overviews trends in national and global drug markets over the past 50 years. Describe (don’t just list!) five (5) of these trends and whether they are increasing or decreasing.

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1. Despite decades of investment and effort, the modern war on drugs has failed in many respects. In your own words, please describe four (4) ways in which the war on drugs has been unsuccessful.
2. Chinese anthropologist Everett Zhang’s concept of moral symptomatology was discussed in class. In one sentence, please provide a definition of the concept of moral symptomatology in your own words (don’t just quote Zhang verbatim!).
3. In the 1960s, psychedelic drugs enjoyed immense popularity among many. From Woodstock 1969, however, things started to change and the popularity of psychedelics started to decline.  Briefly explain four (4) reasons for this decline in your own words.
4. Daniel Moerman and Wayne Jonas (in their 2002 article, “Deconstructing the Placebo Effect and Finding the Meaning Response”) argue for a different terminology in describing placebo phenomena. In your own words, describe how Moerman and Jonas characterise the “meaning response” and their argument against calling it a “placebo effect.”
5. The tobacco industry views Australia as one of the hardest markets in the world. In your own words, describe 3 reasons why Australia is a tough market to sell tobacco in, despite it being a fully legal substance.
6. In her lecture, Sarah Baracz speaks at length about addiction. What three (3) characteristics does Sarah Baracz use to describe addiction in her lecture?  List these characteristics and then describe two (2) possible negative consequences of addiction to an illicit substance that were discussed in this lecture.
7. In one (1) sentence, define the “Hydra effect” (aka the “balloon effect”).
8. Then, in no more than one (1) sentence, give an example of the Hydra effect.
9. Weil (1973) is interested in understanding why native Amazonian tribespeople in South America appear to be able to live with and use drugs without suffering the same degree of negative consequences from drug use that is seen in many other societies. He suggests a number of potential reasons for this. In your own words, briefly explain five (5) reasons for this difference.
10. in his lecture on steroids, Greg Downey describes a paradox of performance-enhancing drugs in Australia. In your own words, describe what the paradox of performance-enhancing drugs in Australia involves and why is it a paradox?

ANTH1006 – Drugs Across Cultures