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French Connections: London-Paris linkages in interwar drug culture
In the early hours of the morning of 1st July 1937, Gerald Edward Mary O’Brien was detained by police officers on the ferry returning...
Christopher Hallam
May 2, 20237 min read
Welcoming our new Contributing Editors
Points is delighted to introduce five new Contributing Editors who were welcomed to the Editorial team this month. Here’s a sneak preview...
Points Editors
Mar 16, 20232 min read
Conference: Drugs and the ‘Industrial Situation’ 1800s-1960s
On 22nd-23rd August 2022 Universität Zurich are hosting a conference: Drugs and the ‘Industrial Situation’ 1800s-1960s. Find out more...
Points Editors
Jul 21, 20221 min read
“A Sovereign Remedy”: Grimault & Co’s Asthma Cigarette Empire
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. David A. Guba, Jr., of Bard Early College in Baltimore. Introduction Most...
David A. Guba Jr.
Feb 18, 20207 min read
L’Affaire Sarah Halimi and “Reefer Madness” in Postcolonial France: Part I
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Dr. David A. Guba, Jr., of Bard Early College in Baltimore. In early April...
David A. Guba Jr.
May 30, 20196 min read
“Without Hemp Columbus Would Not Have Reached America”: Barcelona’s Hash Marihuana and Hemp Museum
Editor’s Note: Today’s piece is by Dr. Miriam Kingsberg Kadia, Associate Professor of History at University of Colorado Boulder and...
Miriam Kingsberg Kadia
Mar 27, 20183 min read
Java Coca and the Dutch Narcotics Industry: An Almost Forgotten 20th C. History of Drugs Story
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome the return of guest blogger Toine Pieters, Descartes Institute for the History and Philosophy of the...
Toine Pieters
Dec 10, 20124 min read
The Points Interview — Howard Padwa
Editor’s Note: “For an otherwise law abiding morphine addict struggling to overcome addiction in the late 1920s, Britain was a more...
Ron Roizen
Sep 10, 20125 min read
Monitoring Drug Use through Sewage: A Helpful Supplement?
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome guest blogger Toine Pieters, senior lecturer and researcher at the VU-Medical Center in Amsterdam (since...
Toine Pieters
Aug 27, 20123 min read
Taverns, locals and street corners: Cross-chronological studies in community drinking, regulation an
Editor’s Note: Today brings the first in a series of postings on The Taverns Project, a pilot study of Connected Communities sponsored...
David Rosenthal
Aug 10, 20123 min read
Victorian Woman on Drugs, Part 3: Visual Representations
Points is pleased to present the third installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’ four-part series on women’s drug use in Victorian...
Kristina Aikens
Apr 18, 20125 min read
Paint It Black
Welcome to the second installment of guest blogger Henry Yeomans’ new series here on Points. Henry, a Lecturer in Criminology and...
Henry Yeomans
Apr 10, 20124 min read
Victorian Women on Drugs, Part 1: Queen Victoria
We here at Points are very excited to present the first installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’ four-part series. Kristina received...
Kristina Aikens
Apr 4, 20126 min read
St. Patrick’s Day and Temperance: An Unlikely Duo?
Editor’s Note: For Points readers getting a head start on their St. Patrick’s day observances this year, we are pleased to present a...
Mike McLaughlin
Mar 16, 20126 min read
On Speed: James Bond and the Myth of the Nazi Superman
Ian Fleming describes the preparations for a secret and dangerous operation of his secret agent and assassin James Bond in the 1954 novel...
Stephen Snelders
Mar 15, 20124 min read
Continental drinking: qu’est-ce que c’est?
Does drink sneak up on you? A recent UK Government campaign warns that it might, especially if you’re the kind of person who likes the...
James Nicholls
Mar 1, 20124 min read
Herding Khat
Side Effects May Include Lethargy and Refusal to Cooperate On January 11th the BBC reported that the Netherlands government would ban...
Charles Ambler
Feb 1, 20123 min read
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