ENGL 2000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Business Improvement District, Police Beat, Jacob Riis
8 Mar 2018
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Reforms just moved drug use to private places, did not remove it. Drugs as an escape, they are peaceful/joyful. Drugs only distract from facing life, destructive. Charlie sheen, lindsay lohan, jayz, heath ledger, demi lovato, miley cyrus. Drug culture figures today: chance the rapper, jay-z (war on drugs is racist program against poor people of color), Keith richards/ steven tyler/ james taylor= rockstars & musicians. Opioid crisis- conservatives talk about society as a living thing (infected with disease/ (drug use at the top/ socially approved occupations) (drug use at the top and bottom) crisis) Substance abuse has been an integral part of american society/culture- persistent and normal trend from founding. Sante- gangs congregated at groceries that had bar in the back. Drug use always followed by terms of body of being political- epidemic, crisis, plague. City gov: mayor, public advocate, comptroller, borough presidents. City council direct control of education, transportation, correction. Lincoln steffens- muckraker, associated with cather (worked for mcclure"s)
