ENGWR 302 (Olsen)

This a massive topic.

Focus on:

• one time period
• one drug or specific drug law
• population (group of people - African Americans, etc.). 

After you narrow it down, then add Sacramento to the mix.

Example:

1980's, Anti-Drug Abuse Act in 1986 included mandatory minimum targeted crack cocaine. 

Keyword search: "Anti-Drug Abuse Act" 1986 

I get back a lot of books and articles about drugs laws in the 1980's which are useful for background on this topic.

If I add "Sacramento" to this search, I get nothing, so lets try Sacramento, 1980's, crack, still nothing. We need to use newspaper searches. Try the Sacramento Bee Newspaper and The Observer.