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The War on Drugs at 50
Editor’s Note: This post by Social History of Alcohol and Drugs Editors Nancy Campbell, David Herzberg, and Lucas Richert kicks off...
Points Editors
Jun 17, 20216 min read
Review of A Drunkard’s Defense
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Michael Brownrigg. Michael recently received his PhD in US history from...
Michael Brownrigg
May 4, 20216 min read
Cannabis Legalization in New York: State of the State
Editor’s Note: Today’s post comes from contributing editor Bob Beach. Beach is a Ph.D. candidate in history at the University of Albany,...
Bob Beach
May 14, 20195 min read
THE FUTURE OF UK MEDICAL MARIJUANA REMAINS BLURRY BUT THERE ARE LESSONS TO TAKE AWAY FROM CANADA
Editor’s Note: Today’s post is cross-hosted at Points and Cannabis Life Network. Contact author Lucas Richert at...
Lucas Richert
Oct 4, 20165 min read
The Strange and Complicated Future of the E-Cigarette Industry
Editor’s Note: This post is brought to you by Camille Wilson, a patent attorney in Jacksonville, Florida, with extensive experience...
Camille Wilson
Aug 30, 20165 min read
Why did the FBI stop their investigation of Straight, Incorporated?
Editor’s Note: Today we welcome a post from Marcus Chatfield, who has spent years studying Straight, Inc. Chatfield is a recent graduate...
Marcus Chatfield
Mar 3, 20168 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...
Suzanna Reiss
Dec 18, 20145 min read
100 Words on the Harrison Act at 100
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Harrison Narcotics Act of 1914 turns 100 years old tomorrow. The new federal law regulated traffic in opiates and...
Points Editors
Dec 16, 20143 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
Drugs and Rec: A Dispatch from the Evergreen State (Guest Post)
Editor’s Note: We’re delighted to welcome Ingrid Walker, an Associate Professor of American Studies at the University of...
Ingrid Walker
Sep 16, 20148 min read
The Father of the (Financial) War on Terror is the War on Drugs?
On May 31, 2014, the White House issued a cryptic press release, a brief letter from President Obama to Congress. The letter announced...
Saeyoung Park
Jun 10, 20149 min read
David Simon on the War on Drugs and the NSA Revelations
Last week two prominent critics of the War on Drugs independently declared that their years spent witnessing the civil liberties abuses...
Eoin Cannon
Jun 24, 20134 min read
The Wire at Ten– Jonathan Simon, Wiring in the Empirical
Editor’s note– We round out our consideration of “The Wire at Ten” with a post by legal, historical, and policy studies heavyweight...
Jonathan Simon
Dec 19, 20127 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
CFP: “Under Control? Alcohol and Drug Regulation, Past and Present” –London, 2013
Your Host Call for Papers: “Under Control? Alcohol and Drug Regulation, Past and Present,” London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine...
Points Editors
Sep 24, 20121 min read
Weekend Reads: Tragedy, Then Farce Edition
Last spring, Ryan Braun, coming off a career-best year that saw him win a National League Most Valuable Player (MVP) award and make the...
Alex Tepperman
Sep 16, 20125 min read
Teaching Points– Jim Leitzel Comments on “Regulation of Vice”
Jim Leitzel is Neither Physician nor Lawyer Editor’s Note: Today, anything-but-dismal economist Jim Leitzel talks about Regulating (and...
Jim Leitzel
Sep 12, 20125 min read
Teaching Points– Regulation of Vice
Editor’s Note: This week’s Teaching Points entry takes a turn for the dismal, as we showcase the work of economist Jim Leitzel, Senior...
Jim Leitzel
Sep 11, 20123 min read
Teaching Points– Paul Draus Comments on “Ghettos and Prisons”
Professor Paul Draus (photo: Nate Mullen) Editor’s Note: In today’s Teaching Points commentary, the third in our series, sociologist Paul...
Paul Draus
Sep 5, 20125 min read
Teaching Points– Ghettos and Prisons: Dynamics of Privilege, Stigma and Segregation in Society
Inside-Out Exchange Editor’s Note: Continuing our back-to-school series, we today invite you to consider the innovative teaching...
Paul Draus
Sep 4, 20124 min read
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