EDITOR’S NOTE: Points is delighted to welcome past guest contributor, Jessica Diller Kovler (check out her previous post here). Kovler is...

“we will figure this shit out” is from a commenter in the youtube debate I discuss in this article. Feel free to comment on this post if...

“How should he handle his alcoholic wife,” asks the lurid cover of the 1960 novel Alcoholic Wife by G.G. Revelle. “Beat her? Cater to her...

Editor’s note: This is an exciting development for researchers in addiction history and a welcome contribution from Weiner and White....

Editor’s Note: Guest blogger and medical anthropologist Kim Sue returned from a recent conference entitled “From Punishment to Wellness:...

In most cases, people gain expertise through direct experience. This is not true when it comes to addiction, where legitimate expertise...

Editor’s note: Today marks the final installment of guest blogger Marcus Chatfield’s eye-opening exploration of the role that...

Editor’s note: Today guest blogger Marcus Chatfield continues his series on Straight, Inc. and the research it used to burnish its...

Editor’s note: We continue our celebration of the 40th anniversary of the publication of David F. Musto’s book with a contribution from...

Editor’s Note: This spring marks 40 years since the first publication of The American Disease: Origins of Narcotic Control, the...

It was April 2005 when I walked up to the car rental booth at Phoenix’s Sky Harbor International Airport and announced to the man behind...

Chris Grella Brings the Nuance Editor’s Note: Yesterday, psychologist Chris Grella presented a syllabus that lays out the institutional...

Editor’s Note: Today’s twenty-sixth installment of our author interview feature offers some compelling reporting from the trenches of the...

Editor’s Note:  Let’s face it–there was an awful lot to chew on in the recent roundtable on David Courtwright’s essay.  A private...

Welcome to the first installment of guest blogger Brad Fidler’s new four-part series. Brad is a postdoc researcher at UCLA, where he is...

Editor’s Note:  We’ve been very pleased to post a series of responses to David’s Courtwright’s essay on addiction, history and...

Editor’s Note: Our symposium on addiction, history and historians continues today, with a response to David Courtwright from Prof. Daniel...

Editor’s Note: Our roundtable on addiction, history and historians continues with a commentary on David Courtwright’s essay from Dr. Alex...

Editor’s Note: This week, Points offers readers a series of responses to David Courtwright’s reflections on history, historians, and...

This month, the journal Addiction published an essay by David Courtwright, “Addiction and the Science of History.”  For readers...