Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Points Editor Emeritus Ron Roizen. Dear POINTS readers, If you haven’t yet made use of the SALIS Collection of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs digital library, then you may have a real treat in store. Curated and maintained by the Substance Abuse Librarians and Information Specialists (SALIS) and hostedContinue reading “SALIS Digital Library—Indispensable Drug & Alcohol History Resource”
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Quiet Radicals: The Life and Work of Ruth and Edward Brecher
Part 1 – Ruth Came First Editor’s Note: This post is by Points Managing Editor Emerita Emily Dufton. She holds a PhD in American Studies from George Washington University and is the author of Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. Email Emily at emily.dufton@gmail.com and follow her on Twitter @emily_dufton. Welcome back, Emily!Continue reading “Quiet Radicals: The Life and Work of Ruth and Edward Brecher”
CFP ADHS 2022—”Rethinking Alcohol and Drugs: Global Transformations / Local Practices in History”
The Alcohol and Drugs History Society is pleased to release its call for papers for the 2022 biennial ADHS conference, currently scheduled for June 15–17 in Mexico City. The 2022 conference theme will be “Rethinking Alcohol and Drugs: Global Transformations / Local Practices in History.” The conference will be a collaboration between the ADHS and Universidad NacionalContinue reading “CFP ADHS 2022—”Rethinking Alcohol and Drugs: Global Transformations / Local Practices in History””
Teaching Points: Transforming a Survey Course and Improving Student Research
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Bob Beach. Beach is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Albany, SUNY. The Teaching Points series investigates the role of alcohol, drug, and pharmaceutical history in the classroom. When I first started teaching in 2009, I assigned my class a research project. With absolutely noContinue reading “Teaching Points: Transforming a Survey Course and Improving Student Research”
Watch 2021 “Kreminar” Videos—History of Opiates & Opioids
In May and June of 2021, the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy and the Alcohol and Drugs History Society hosted and helped organize the second annual Edward Kremers Seminar in the History of Pharmacy & Drugs. The Summer 2021 “Kreminar” explored the theme of Opiates & Opioids and featured six virtual seminars, presentations, and discussionsContinue reading “Watch 2021 “Kreminar” Videos—History of Opiates & Opioids”
Watch “A Century of American Drug Use” Virtual AHA Panel
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Bob Beach. Beach is a PhD candidate in history at the University of Albany, SUNY. The annual gathering of historians for the American Historical Association’s yearly meeting is set to resume in January 2022 in New Orleans, barring a major resurgence of Covid due to the delta variant.Continue reading “Watch “A Century of American Drug Use” Virtual AHA Panel”
Personal Reflection about a World on Drugs
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. Stefano Tijerina, a lecturer in management and the Chris Kobrack Research Fellow in Canadian Business History at the University’s of Maine’s Business School. Growing up in Colombia during the 1970s and early 1980s was an eye-opening experience. As a teenager living through the daily tensions of aContinue reading “Personal Reflection about a World on Drugs”
Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: An Appreciation
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Peder Clark. Dr. Clark is a historian of modern Britain, with research interests in drugs, subcultures, health, everyday life, and visual culture. He completed his PhD in 2019 at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM) and currently holds a position at the University of Liverpool. For theContinue reading “Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia: An Appreciation”