Joe SpillaneSep 23, 20154 min readJoe SpillaneThe Forgotten Drug War: One Million Drug Addicts (Washington, D.C., 1919)In 1918, the Treasury Department established a Special Narcotic Committee, tasked with reviewing the scope of the drug problem in the...
Joe SpillaneAug 27, 20154 min readJoe SpillaneThe Forgotten Drug War: Dorothy Sullivan, Informant (Chicago, 1941)
Joe SpillaneAug 13, 20154 min readJoe SpillaneThe Forgotten Drug War: Unknown Malaria Victim (New Orleans, 1932)
Joe SpillaneJul 16, 20155 min readJoe SpillaneThe Forgotten Drug War: Christobal Silvas Sierra (Los Angeles, 1929)
Points EditorsApr 11, 20134 min readGuest BloggersReflections on “Addicts Who Survived”: Amund Tallaksen
Points EditorsApr 10, 201318 min readJoe SpillaneReflections on “Addicts Who Survived”: Willis Butler’s NarrativeEditor’s note: Not every interview conducted for Addicts Who Survived was of an addict. The work includes some fascinating oral...
Points EditorsApr 9, 20133 min readGuest BloggersReflections on “Addicts Who Survived”: Eric Schneider
Points EditorsApr 8, 20139 min readJoe SpillaneReflections on “Addicts Who Survived”: Teddy’s Narrative
Joe SpillaneApr 5, 20133 min readJoe SpillaneReflections on “Addicts Who Survived”: Series Introduction
Points EditorsMar 26, 20131 min readJoe SpillaneADHS Daily Register: Call for EditorsThe Alcohol and Drugs History Society is looking for one or more new Managing Editors of the ADHS Daily Register. The Daily Register is...
Joe SpillaneNov 14, 20124 min readJoe SpillaneThe Wire at Ten: Joe Spillane, “I’ve Never Watched The Wire”
Joe SpillaneJul 18, 20124 min readJoe SpillaneShanghai Reflections, Part Two: Talking Across Levels of Analysis
Joe SpillaneJul 16, 20124 min readJoe SpillaneShanghai Reflections, Part One: Talking Across Substances
Joe SpillaneMar 19, 20121 min readJoe SpillaneOvernight Reading: The Future of Academic PublishingHere’s some overnight food for thought from Michael P. Taylor, research associate in the Department of Earth Sciences at the University...
Nancy CampbellMar 5, 20126 min readJoe SpillaneAddiction, History and Historians: Nancy Campbell’s ResponseEditor’s Note: This week, Points offers readers a series of responses to David Courtwright’s reflections on history, historians, and...
