Time has a way of turning lived experience into memory and from then into stories that seem, by turns, improbable and fantastical (yes,...

In 1918, the Treasury Department established a Special Narcotic Committee, tasked with reviewing the scope of the drug problem in the...

“There was not the least sign of social disorder in 1942” —Daniel Patrick Moynihan, speaking at the 100 Years of Heroin Conference, Yale...

“The real war will never get in the books”–Walt Whitman, 1875 On October 31, 1932, Charity Hospital in New Orleans admitted a comatose...

“The Real War Will Never Get in the Books”—Walt Whitman, 1875 As 1929’s Fourth of July celebrations wound down in Los Angeles, a teenager...

Editor’s note: Our commentary to accompany yesterday’s excerpt from Addicts Who Survived comes from Amund Tallaksen (NB: if you’ve missed...

Editor’s note: Not every interview conducted for Addicts Who Survived was of an addict.  The work includes some fascinating oral...

Editor’s Note: Our series of reflections on Addicts Who Survived continues today with Eric Schneider discussing Teddy’s narrative, posted...

Editor’s note: After introducing the series last week, I’m pleased to present the first of the excerpts from Addicts Who Survived chosen...

Editor’s Note: Next week, we begin a new series marking the release of the first paperback edition of Addicts Who Survived: An Oral...

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society is looking for one or more new Managing Editors of the ADHS Daily Register.  The Daily Register is...

Editor’s Note: This week’s symposium marking the 40th anniversary of David F. Musto’s The American Disease continues today with a...

Read All About It Recently, the LSE IDEAS program hosted a daytime conference, “Reevaluating the International Drug Control...

Editor’s Note: This week we begin a new series marking the tenth anniversary of The Wire, arguably the most important television program...

Editor’s Note: Today, the Points blog presents the second part of my (Joe Spillane) reflections on the recently-concluded meeting, “Drugs...

Editor’s Note: This week, I’ll be offering up some reflections on the recently-concluded conference, “Drugs and Drink in Asia: New...

Here’s some overnight food for thought from Michael P. Taylor, research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University...

Editor’s Note: This week, Points offers readers a series of responses to David Courtwright’s reflections on history, historians, and...

This month, the journal Addiction published an essay by David Courtwright, “Addiction and the Science of History.”  For readers...

Editor’s Note: Today, Points begins a series of reflections on the Lexington Narcotic Hospital, from Luke Walden, JP Olsen, and Nancy...