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Seth Blumenthal
Sep 6, 20164 min read
Teaching Points: Teaching the “So What?” in “Marijuana in American History”
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes to you courtesy of Seth Blumenthal, a Lecturer at Boston University. Contact the author at...

Joe Spillane
Sep 23, 20154 min read
The 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...
Suzanna Reiss
Dec 18, 20145 min read
Drugs, Demons, and Fiends: “I Can’t Breathe” (Guest Post)
EDITOR’S NOTE: Today’s post is by Suzanna Reiss, an Associate Professor of History at the University of Hawai’i and author of the...
Adam Rathge
Oct 16, 20146 min read
Michael Durfee
Jun 26, 20135 min read
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