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Red Pill or Blue Pill? : The Rhetoric of Drugs

PWR 2RC - Spring 2014 - Instructor: Carpenter, R
Last Updated: 18-Aug-2015

The theme of this course is the relationship between humans and drugs, particularly how the human brain interacts with and is altered by ingested substances. 

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Subjects

Basic research

Around Stanford

Bibliography management

Selected SearchWorks subject terms

Pharmaceutical industry Moral and ethical aspects
Drugs marketing
Drug policy

Reference books

The dictionary of substances and their effects
The dictionary of substances and their effects / editor, S. Gangolli.
2nd ed. Cambridge, UK : Royal Society of Chemistry, c1999.
Chemistry & ChemEng Library (Swain) » Reference (non-circulating)
Dictionary of drugs / editors, J. Elks, C.R. Ganellin ; principal contributors, A.D. Roberts, C.F. Pattenden ; assistant editor, F.M. Macdonald.
1st ed. London ; New York : Chapman and Hall, 1990.
SAL3 (off-campus storage) » Stacks » RS51 .D479 1990 V.1

Research databases

PubMed [electronic resource].
Bethesda, MD : National Center for Biotechnology Information, [1997]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
The Merck index.
Rahway, N.J. : Merck & Co., 1968-
Green Library » InfoCenter: Ready Reference (non-circulating) » RS356 .M524 2001
TOXNET [electronic resource] : toxicology data network.
Bethesda, Md. : National Library of Medicine, [199-]-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
AGRICOLA [electronic resource].
Beltsville, Md. : The Library, <1970>-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
CINAHL [electronic resource].
New York, NY : Ovid Technologies, Inc., 1996-
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)
Web of science core collection.
Stanford University Libraries » Online resource » (no call number)

Videos

Following are some sample videos.  You can find more videos in SearchWorks, select the video option under format.

Formula X / Light Media and Serengeti Studio presents ; in association with Tamasha Pictures. [and three others] ; produced by Sagwa Chabeda ; written & directed by Steve Ominde.
Media & Microtext Center » Ask at Media Microtext desk » ZDVD 30220
Brain candy
Kids in the Hall [videorecording] : brain candy / Paramount Pictures and Lakeshore Entertainment present a Lorne Michaels production ; written by Norm Hiscock ... [et al.] ; produced by Lorne Michaels ; directed by Kelly Makin.
Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Pictures, c2002.
Media & Microtext Center » Ask at Media Microtext desk » ZDVD 17468