1st Blog

Now that I have figured out how to post a comment on our class Blog I can finally contribute something. I am still waiting for the Hughes text so unfortunately my comments may be limited. I think our first class went well. It seems that we all come from a broad variety of backgrounds and I feel that this will help enhance the quality of our class discussions. I was surprised to see that the reading selections we discussed were of a philosophical nature as opposed to being simply about the drugs themselves. The stigma attached to drugs in our society seems to make it difficult for research or discussion of any substance to take place without being immediately dismissed as druggy nonsense.