ADJ-15 — Narcotics

Prerequisite: None.

Description: The study of the history and development of the criminal justice system's response to legal and illegal drugs, including alcohol. An overview of the manufacture, deportation, importation, distribution, and sales of legal and illegal drugs and the intersections with legal and illegal drug sales and use with criminal law and the criminal justice system, including a focus on changing and current legislation and the impact of drugs upon communities, including police and public safety agencies and corrections systems. A criminological analysis and evaluation of the effects of drug use on various societal systems peripheral to the criminal justice system. Identification of illegal drugs, enforcement procedures, and discussions of drugs as criminal evidence. 54 hours lecture. (Letter grade only)