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Teaching Points: Using Drugs as a Gateway to Historical Methods
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Dr. Adam Rathge, director of enrollment strategies and part-time history professor at the...
Adam Rathge
Jan 8, 20194 min read


“Mapping the Muggleheads” – Digital History, GIS, and Marijuana Historiography
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from Dr. Adam Rathge, director of enrollment strategies and part-time history professor at the...
Adam Rathge
Oct 16, 20184 min read


El Chapo Guzmán (beta, 1.0) – Prison Escape and Drug Smuggling in the Early 20th Century
The border was undoubtedly an early hotspot for drug smuggling following passage of the Harrison Narcotics Act in 1914. For all intents...
Adam Rathge
Jan 26, 20164 min read


Legal Marijuana – Now and Then
Former member of 98 Degrees Nick Lachey supports Responsible Ohio (Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by contributing editor Adam...
Adam Rathge
Aug 18, 20155 min read


Proving Cannabis – A History of Nineteenth Century Medical Marijuana
“During the month of September, 1862, I took Cannabis on various occasions,” confessed Dr. W. A. D. Pierce in the pages of American...
Adam Rathge
Nov 18, 20144 min read


Why Is Marijuana Illegal? A Historical View – Part Two
Why is marijuana illegal? Do a quick internet search and you’ll find a series of generally related answers: racism, fear, corporate...
Adam Rathge
Oct 28, 20147 min read


Road to Prohibition: Marijuana, the Long Story – Part One
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s post is the first in a two-part series by contributing editor Adam Rathge. The series is drawn from Rathge’s...
Adam Rathge
Oct 16, 20146 min read


Craft Beer and Bovines: A Brief History of Distillery Dairies
The craft beer revolution is surely upon us. In 2013, some 2,822 breweries operated in the United States, marking the highest nationwide...
Adam Rathge
Sep 4, 20146 min read


From ‘Drill, Baby, Drill’ to ‘Grow, Hemp, Grow’: Reflections on Industrial Hemp and Foreign Oil
Since the early 1970s, most Americans have been keenly aware of the effect foreign oil production and supply can have on the economy and...
Adam Rathge
Jul 3, 20146 min read


Of Ragamuffins and Dens: State Legislation, Municipal Enforcement, and Opium Smoking
On May 26, 1888, the Boston Daily Globe reported the death of a young Harvard student named Frank Mills. The front page headline read:...
Adam Rathge
May 13, 20146 min read
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