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Life, Society & Drugs: Appropriate Sources

This guides shows how to identify appropriate sources for Salt Lake Community College's Life, Society & Drugs course

Recommended Library Books for HLTH 1050

Blitzed: Drugs in the Third Reich

By Norman Ohler, Access Online

Wolf Boys: Two American Teenagers and Mexico's Most Dangerous Drug Cartel

By Dan Slater, Call Number: Access Online or at Redwood HV5840.M4 S63 2017

Chasing the scream : the first and last days of the war on drugs

By Johann Hari, Call Number: Access Online or at  Redwood HV5825 .H234 2015

Narconomics : how to run a drug cartel

By Tom Wainwright, Access Online

Narconomics: Como administrar un cartel de la droga

de Tom Wainwright, Leer en linea en español

Kings of cocaine: inside the MedellĂ­n Cartel

By Guy Gugliotta, Call Number: Access Online or at Redwood HV5840.C7 G84 2018

High Time: The Legalization and Regulation of Cannabis in Canada

By Andrew Potter, Daniel M. Weinstock, Access Online

Killer High: A History of War in Six Drugs

By Peter Andreas, Call Number: Redwood RC971 .A53 2020

High: Drugs, Desire, and a Nation of Users

By Ingrid Walker, Access Online

Blood gun money : how America arms gangs and cartels

By Ioan Grillo, Call Number: South City HV7436 .G75 2021

Undoing drugs : the untold story of harm reduction and the future of addiction

By Maia Szalavitz, Call Number: Redwood HV5825 .S948 2021

This is your mind on plants

By Michael Pollan, Call Number: South City RS164 .P764 2021

Recommended Web Resources

Although the majority of the sources you use in HLTH 1050 will be academic journal articles, some websites and open web resources can be helpful to supplement your research.

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