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Talking Points: Percy Menzies
Points welcomes ARCA president Percy Menzies to discuss medication-assisted addiction treatment, naltrexone, and safe prevention sites.
Emily Dufton
Feb 713 min read
The Desi Pub: postcolonial, anti-racist histories of ‘the British pub’
This essay examines the racialized history of British pubs in the context of contemporary laments about declining numbers of pubs.
James Kneale
Jan 176 min read
CFP: Contemporary Drug Problems Conference, August 27-29, 2025
Contemporary Drug Problems Conference Manchester, 27–29 August 2025 Boundaries, borders, binaries and barriers We imagine, study, live...
Clayton Wells
Dec 29, 20244 min read
Talking Points: Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece
Points welcomes Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece to talk about her recent book, Movies Under the Influence.
Clayton Wells
Dec 13, 20244 min read
Talking Points: Christopher Booker
Points interviews Christopher Booker about his documentary, New York City's Opioid Drug History: A Relentless Cycle.
Clayton Wells
Dec 6, 20245 min read
Talking Points: Holly Karibo
Points is honored to welcome Dr. Holly Karibo , Associate Professor of History at Oklahoma State University, about her book Rehab on the...
Clayton Wells
Nov 15, 20246 min read
Constitutional roads not taken: The war on drugs and historical possibilities
A conversation between David Herzberg and David Pozen about his new book, The Constitution of the War on Drugs.
Clayton Wells
Nov 11, 20241 min read
Call for Proposals: Editors of the Social History of Alcohol and Drugs
ADHS invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal, The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs.
Clayton Wells
Oct 25, 20244 min read
Talking Points: Elizabeth Chiarello
Points is excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Chiarello , Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Louis University , for an interview about...
Clayton Wells
Oct 21, 202410 min read
Talking Points: Jaeyoon Park
Dr. Jaeyoon Park joins Points to talk about his recent book: Addiction Becomes Normal
Clayton Wells
Oct 11, 20245 min read
Women, Intoxicants, and Informal Laws: Transnational Perspectives (19th-21st centuries)
Notetakers Kayla Greenstein, University of Sydney Philipp Rühr Presenters Chair: Catherine Carstairs , University of Guelph Dorota...
Bob Beach
Oct 7, 20243 min read
Women and Psychoactive Drugs
Notetakers Kayla Greenstein, University of Sydney Philipp Rühr Presenters Chair: Catherine Carstairs , University of Guelph Erika Dyck ,...
Bob Beach
Oct 2, 20243 min read
Criminalization, De-Criminalization, and Legalization: History and Contemporary Politics
Chaired by Lucas Richert from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The panel included presentations by Benjamin Y. Fong from Arizona...
Bob Beach
Sep 30, 20244 min read
ADHS 2024 Conference Coverage
“There are decades where nothing happens; and there are weeks where decades happen.” -Vladimir Lenin It feels as though it has been ages...
Clayton Wells
Sep 30, 20241 min read
The Pain We Share: Global Events and Personal Pain
Illustration by Bryce Hendry, copyright 2024. How do people experience and process the pain they feel from global events – for example,...
Steve Beitler
Jul 7, 20247 min read
Pain on the Scales: Measure We Must
Illustration by Bryce Hendry, copyright 2024. This is the second post in my three-part series on the history of pain (you can read the...
Steve Beitler
Jun 14, 20247 min read
Talking Points: Joanna Kempner
Joanna Kempner, an associate professor in the Department of Sociology at Rutgers University, is the author of Psychedelic Outlaws: The...
Clayton Wells
Jun 7, 20245 min read
“On a Scale from Zero to 10” – Pain Across History
In his 2006 book The Worst of Evils: The Fight Against Pain, physician and historian Thomas Dormandy described this as "probably the...
Steve Beitler
May 31, 20247 min read
Online Symposium: The Opioid Industry Documents Archive: A National Symposium
The Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) is hosting a national webinar symposium, Monday, May 13 through Thursday, May 16, noon-2:30...
Clayton Wells
May 6, 20241 min read
Talking Points: Naa Oyo Kwate
In celebration of the book's one-year anniversary of publication, Points is delighted to welcome Naa Oyo A. Kwate, the author of White...
Clayton Wells
Apr 12, 20246 min read
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