Tag Archives: Alcohol

Media Matters: Decoding the Press Coverage of Biomedical Addiction, Part II

Posted on May 8, 2012 by

Editor’s Note:  Yesterday, guest blogger Alexandra Bogren laid out the rationale for a multidisciplinary examination of the way newspaper reporting on biomedical models of addiction affects reader perceptions of drug and alcohol use/abuse and treatment.  Today, she explains exactly how … Continue reading →

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Media Matters: Decoding the Press Coverage of Biomedical Addiction, Part I

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Points today welcomes the first in a two-part series by Alexandra Bogren, associate professor of Sociology at the Centre for Social Research on Alcohol and Drugs, Stockholm University (Sweden).  Today Bogren lays out the case for a more … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reads: Gin & Jews Edition

Posted on May 6, 2012 by

On April 27th, the New York Police Department booked Detroit Tigers’ outfielder Delmon Young on assault charges. With the Tigers in town to play the Yankees, Young painted the Big Apple red, getting “highly intoxicated” and engaging in a violent … Continue reading →

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The Drip Feed

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

Alcohol marketing is big business, but what is it for?  If the drinks industry is to be believed, advertising doesn’t make people drink more: it just encourages them to choose one brand over another.  If health campaigners are to be … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Lee Willis

Posted on May 2, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: The Points Interview returns for the twenty-fourth time, once again examining a chapter out of the history of alcohol.  Today, we talk with Lee Willis, author of Southern Prohibition: Race, Reform, and Public Life in Middle Florida, 1821-1920 … Continue reading →

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The NIAAA-NIDA Merger: Comments from the Field I

Posted on April 20, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Following up on Ron Roizen’s two-part think-piece on the NIAAA and NIDA merger, we offer the comments of Paul M. Roman, Regents Professor of Sociology at the University of Georgia and Director of their Center for Research on … Continue reading →

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Victorian Woman on Drugs, Part 3: Visual Representations

Posted on April 18, 2012 by

Points is pleased to present the third installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’  four-part series on women’s drug use in Victorian England. Today, Kristina looks at – among other things – visual representations of women’s drug use and the male … Continue reading →

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Responsible Drinkers of the World Unite!

Posted on April 17, 2012 by

Welcome to the final (we’re sad to say) installment of guest blogger Henry Yeomans’ new series here on Points. Henry, a Lecturer in Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of Leed’s School of Law, finishes off his series on changing conceptions of … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: James Simpson

Posted on April 16, 2012 by

Editor’s Note:  The Points Interview feature rolls on, as we awaken from our slumber to present the twenty-third outstanding book in the series.  Today’s post features James Simpson, author of Creating Wine: The Emergence of a World Industry, 1840-1914 (Princeton … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reads: Keggy the Keg Edition

Posted on April 15, 2012 by

This past Tuesday, police paid a visit to the Boston University chapter of Alpha Pi Epsilon. Responding to a noise complaint at the off-campus, unsanctioned fraternity, the Boston blue stumbled across five pledges, taped together and left for some indeterminate length … Continue reading →

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