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Contemporary conversations from leading scholars on the history of drugs and pharmacy.
Joined March 2011
Points is excited to put forward our first in a series of video interviews with drug historians, a conversation between @dhbuffalo and David Pozen! Constitutional roads not taken: The war on drugs and historical possibilities. https://t.co/I9GPa8h4oQ
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Over 400,000 Canadians used life-saving supervised consumption services (2017-2024). Staff responded to 55,693 overdoses. Not a single person died as a result. Over 470,000 referrals were made at these sites to health and social support services. #abpoli
https://t.co/FKHx97UcPa
The UCP just can’t stop interfering with your access to health care - sometimes with dangerous consequences. Delivery of addiction care is the latest example, with doctors being villainized for wanting to prescribe certain medications… 🧵/1 #ableg #yyc
https://t.co/zmEYALHWEl
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Call for applications! The Alcohol and Drugs History Society (ADHS) invites applications for the position of Editor-in-Chief of its peer-reviewed journal The Social History of Alcohol and Drugs, published by the University of Chicago Press. https://t.co/f8AhTwzVBM
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For @PointsHistory, Policing Patients author @Liz_Chiarello answers questions about her new book, fascinating stories from her interviews, and forthcoming research:
pointshistory.org
Points is excited to welcome Dr. Elizabeth Chiarello, Associate Professor of Sociology at St. Louis University, for an interview about her book Policing Patients: Treatment and Surveillance on the...
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The 2024 Madison Drug History workshop is happening today and tomorrow. See the @HistPharm website for more details! https://t.co/Mzso55E01n
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Advancing knowledge and understanding of the history of pharmacy and medicines.
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funny headline but this kind of stats illiteracy is mind-boggling life course data on drinking contradicts itself bc stress is linked to every single chronic disease. drinking is bad for you but can reduce stress! it's messy population data cannot predict individual chances!
1-2 alcoholic drinks a day may shorten life by 2 months, according to new research
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Let's make it happen! The co-editor of @PointsHistory Clayton Wells is a sociologist-- we'd love to feature more soc content on the site. If you have an idea for a post or collab please email claire.clark@uky.edu or claytonwells@uky.edu
@drughistory @LucRichert @erikadyckhist @hartogsohn @amandarpy Also, it is clear that we need to develop some collaborations between @ASADrugSoc and @drughistory--so many possibilities for intersecting, interdisciplinary studies!
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The fantastic French team @MarieRoustide @EPointeauLag @ProjetRACin @malcofproject during the great conference on alcohol and drugs history in Buffalo @PointsHistory @drughistory
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What do measuring pain and evaluating football prospects have in common? The second part of Steve Beitler's 3-part pain series is out! https://t.co/tPYk2UNsNC
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Steve Beitler explores the roots of contemporary understandings of pain and pain management, spotlighting mid-20th century discoveries about the complex biosocial nature of pain. https://t.co/9GKBnsKmcJ
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I wrote something for @drughistory @PointsHistory and you may wish to read it!
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Holly Karibo talks nativist drug debates and the links between border, drug, and death penalty politics in her new piece for Points: "Murder on the Installment Plan" https://t.co/PiMRGSpMHP
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Next Weds., Feb. 14 from 12-2 PM EST @professahKwate will be presenting a chapter on the history of fortified "bum" wine in black urban life from her upcoming book "Terror's Terroir" The seminar is virtually hosted by @hagleymuseum and tickets are free
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“The Blacker the Bum Wine” Naa Oyo Kwate
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Intoxicants & War Conference in Sept 2024. https://t.co/oRLlRZTrIm Likely of interest for @drughistory @PointsHistory #drugs #history
historypsychiatry.com
Here is a call for contributions to a conference that might interest h-madness readers : Cross-disciplinary international conference : Intoxicated Warfare: Psychoactive Substances, Violence and Tra…
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"2023 was a terrible year for addiction treatment. Because of disinterested doctors and intransigent states... the [U.S.] experienced its largest-ever number of overdose deaths" @emily_dufton writes on the future of Medication-Assisted Treatment https://t.co/3l87W0zBTK
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#cfp for a special issue titled 'Journalism, Media and Mind-Altering Drugs' in 'Journalism and Media' #drugs #media #journalism
https://t.co/ojBbCugsdH
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Gabriel Lake Carter reflects on his time in the AIHP archives to consider what materials on #drughistory from the 20th C might suggest about the problems that we face regarding #drugs and #pharmacy in the 21st C. @drughistory @HistPharm
https://t.co/cYhCEzzYyN
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Check out my latest for @PointsHistory. Thank you to Dani, @benvyle, @TheLoveTankCIC, @safeonlyltd, my amazing photographer Mekdes, and everyone who attended the event for making this piece so great ❤️ https://t.co/OqO6BgE934
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Capucine Barcellona discusses the change in how depression is conceptualised and diagnosed within Chinese culture. #mentalhealth #depression #China #Psychiatry
https://t.co/QrNkNI5oo4
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