The New York Times reports the death of chemist Augustus Stanley Owsley III, pioneer of industrially produced LSD. #psychedelics

Lunchtime once again finds me browsing around online, and I’ve stumbled across Michael “Cetewayo” Tabor’s famous 1970 pamphlet...

I recently had the pleasure of speaking with Randolph Nesse about the evolutionary origins of addiction – Nesse is perhaps the leading...

I suppose it’s an occupational hazard, but I find myself surprised when I hear women today—many of whom are self-declared...

Everyone, including the writer/director, producer, and stars of the film, had figured Debra Granik’s Winter’s Bone a long shot in all the...

In case you hadn’t heard, the 83rd Annual Academy Awards will be distributed on Sunday evening. And even if you haven’t paid attention...

NOTE: Dr. Charles Robert “Bob” Schuster passed away on February 21, following a sudden illness.  Bob was a remarkable figure in the...

Note: The following is David Courtwright’s thoughtful response to my earlier post, in which I raised some questions about his recent...

I was talking to a 67-year old relative about Quaalude at a recent family event. (Does this sort of thing happen to you all the time...

And even more shocked to find that other people are being shocked to learn of it.  That’s what’s going on over at Inside Higher Ed today,...

Television narrative has long mined drug and alcohol use and abuse for inciting incidents. As a plot device deployed to inaugurate...

Perhaps it is because I teach in a medical school, rather than a traditional academic history department, but over the past two years I...

One of the rewards of blogging is an instant boost to your awareness of what others are doing with the same sort of forum.  Among other...