SW 8714 - Addiction Policy in the U.S.

This course will explore the historic policies regarding substance abuse in the U.S., as well as looking at the current policies and policy questions affecting the field today. Students will utilize the policy analysis skills learned in the Introductory Policy course to look at addiction policies and be able to place the history of addiction within the overall social welfare history introduced in the earlier course. Additionally, this course will present the student with theory regarding the implementation of policy on an agency level, specifically as it relates to clinical supervision in addictions agencies.