Tag Archives: Asia

Call for Papers: Drugs and Drink in Asia

Posted on September 23, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: We’re posting a just-issued call for papers for a conference (“Drugs and Drink in Asia: New Perspectives from History”) to be held at Shanghai University through the David F. Musto Center for Drug Policy Studies.  As one of … Continue reading →

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What’s Pashto for “Recovery”?

Posted on August 29, 2011 by

This weekend, the New York Times treated readers once again to the spectacle of opium addiction in Afghanistan, a country, according to the article’s title, “Trapped in a Narcotic Haze.” The article did note in passing that economic forces might … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Diana L. Ahmad

Posted on June 7, 2011 by

For our eleventh Points Interview, we do something new–take our first visit to opium in historical scholarship.  We’re pleased to do it through an interview with Diana L. Ahmad, whose book The Opium Debate and Chinese Exclusion Laws in the … Continue reading →

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