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Night Of The Living Baseheads
In the Crack Era, hyperbolic news segments like 48 Hours on Crack Street ruled the scene. Few dissenting voices were able to marshal...
Michael Durfee
Dec 3, 20153 min read
Public Disservice
Public service announcements of the War on Drugs have long been lampooned, and for good reason. Nonetheless, many have accepted such...
Michael Durfee
Aug 20, 20153 min read
Capitalism Plus Dope Equals Genocide
Michael “Cetewayo” Tabor was born in Harlem in 1946. Like many young men of his time and place, Michael developed an In a courtroom...
Michael Durfee
Jan 27, 20155 min read
Punishing Women
Recent events in Ferguson, Missouri, Beavercreek, Ohio, and Columbia, South Carolina highlight the dangers of our current war on drugs...
Michael Durfee
Oct 7, 20144 min read
Crack, Reefer, and the “Subway Vigilante”: The Strange Saga of Bernhard Goetz and Other
Much as with most things, perspectives of the War on Drugs vary based on one’s personal experience, awareness, and in some cases,...
Michael Durfee
Aug 4, 20145 min read
Framing Addiction: Heroin Then and Now
At a press conference on June 17, 1971 then President Richard Nixon informed his constituents of a troubling menace. “America’s public...
Michael Durfee
May 15, 20146 min read
Dispatches from London: “Under Control?” Conference
This past weekend alcohol and drug scholars across the globe descended upon London’s School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine to learn...
Michael Durfee
Jun 26, 20135 min read
“Blacks Declare War on Dope”
When I began researching grassroots responses to crack-cocaine I found myself—albeit naively—both surprised and confused by heavy-handed,...
Michael Durfee
May 31, 20137 min read
Failed Frontlash: How Liberals Furthered the Case for Mass Incarceration
The response to the Civil Rights Movement initiated one of the most punitive interventions in United States history. Beginning with the...
Michael Durfee
Mar 3, 20139 min read
Irrational Intolerance
On October 27, 1986 Ronald Reagan signed Public Law 99-570 with the overwhelming bipartisan support of the 99th Congress. Spurred by the...
Michael Durfee
Oct 25, 20129 min read
Disposable Citizens
In May of 2008 recent Florida State graduate Rachel Hoffman reluctantly got in her car with 13,000 dollars in cash set to buy 2 and ½...
Michael Durfee
Sep 27, 20128 min read
Black-lash?
Ruminating over the crack era landscape of Oakland, California, scholar Mike Davis noted with passing interest what appeared to be a new...
Michael Durfee
Aug 2, 20125 min read
Legislation With Bias
Len Bias realizing his childhood Dream 26 years ago this week Len Bias became the 2ndoverall pick in the 1986 NBA Draft. A consensus...
Michael Durfee
Jun 21, 20126 min read
Bridging the Gap: An Interview With Dr. Robert Whitney
This week we bring to Points an interview with Dr. Robert B. Whitney as part of an ongoing interdisciplinary dialogue inspired by last...
Michael Durfee
Apr 22, 20126 min read
Absolut Tampax
According to Stephen Colbert, being a parent is a “sublime and beautiful adventure, filled with unexpected joys and unimaginable...
Michael Durfee
Feb 23, 20125 min read
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