The Mighty U.S. Marijuana Market
On August 30, 2023 the US Department of Health and Human Services reached out to the Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA) requesting a...
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A blog on the history of drugs, alcohol, and pharmaceuticals, funded by the
Alcohol & Drugs History Society
Latest Blog Posts
Malcolm Brown
- 7 days ago
The Decline of Home Chemistry Sets
Retired pharmacist and pharmacy history expert Malcolm Brown outlines how purchasing chemicals for home chemistry sets has declined.
Malcolm Brown
- Sep 12
Points Interview: Pharmaceutical History with Malcolm E. Brown
Today’s post features an interview with Malcolm E. Brown, a retired pharmacist with an interest in pharmaceutical history.
Juliet Flam Ross
- Sep 7
Mums who use drugs in the UK
Juliet Flam Ross explore some of the issues faced by mums who use drugs in the UK and some of the possible solutions.
Steve Beitler
- Sep 5
Money Changes Everything? Private Equity in American Healthcare
The trial and the debate over Private Equity in medicine ask how closely we want to harness our healthcare system to high-octane profit .
Allen F. Almquist
- Sep 1
Drug Company Promotions: A Lost Kitschy Tradition
Older pharmacists might remember receiving all sorts of swag from drug company representatives -- Allen Almquist has a historic collection.
Points Editors
- Aug 29
CFP: 'Journalism, Media and Mind-Altering Drugs'
CFP released for Special Issue titled 'Journalism, Media and Mind-Altering Drugs' and guest edited by Dr Stephen Siff.
Gabriel Lake Carter
- Aug 24
“A Joke or a Tragedy?”: Reflections on U.S. Drug History from the Archives
Gabriel Lake Carter reflects on 20th Century materials from the AIHP archives and what they suggest about drugs & pharmacy in the 21st.
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Laura Glancy
- Apr 13
Historical Hangovers: Picturing the Drunken Woman from the Nineteenth Century to the Present.
April sees the return of the Grand National and the British media are always hungry to report on a particular spectacle – Ladies Day. For...
Capucine Barcellona
- Mar 23
From Colonial Indifference to Capital Punishment
A History of Drug Use and Responses in the Malay Peninsula “Ladies and gentlemen, we have started our descent into Singapore Changi...
Stefano Tijerina
- Feb 16
The End of the War on Drugs: Petro’s Key Foreign Policy Agenda
The initiatives and rhetoric of the first five months of Gustavo Petro’s government have clearly indicated that one of the key objectives...
Anny Ortiz
- Jan 24
A brief review of psychedelics’ biological and psychological mechanisms
...of action attributed to their therapeutic effects. In Spanish there is a saying that goes “Lo prometido es deuda”, which translates as...
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