Tag Archives: medicine

The Myth of the Health-Maximizing Consumer

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: We’re pleased to kick off the month with the second in a series of posts by UCLA’s Brad Fidler, Director of the Kleinrock Internet History Center and a historian of anti-psychotic medication and its markets. Economists often expect … Continue reading →

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Mitt Romney Gets Compassionate

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

Posted without comment, except… “wow.”

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Conference Details: Multidisciplinary Approaches to the Study of Religion and Plants, 15-17 December, 2011

Posted on December 8, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: Points readers who have followed our coverage this fall of ayahuasca, mushrooms, and other psychoactive plants will be excited to learn the details of the first annual conference sponsored by the Working Group on Plants and Religion at … Continue reading →

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Drugs and Discovery: An Early Modern Perspective, Part I

Posted on December 6, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: Historian of the early modern transatlantic world Matthew Crawford  discussed the concept of “disturbance pharmacopoeias” in a post for Points a few weeks ago.  Today, in the first of a two-part post, he makes an argument for a … Continue reading →

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Down to Earth: Rick Doblin on MAPS’ Day-to-Day Operations and Basic Philosophies

Posted on November 30, 2011 by

During the first installment of our three-part interview with Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) Founder and Executive Director Rick Doblin, the visionary nonprofit head explained that his organization’s “mission is to conduct scientific research into psychedelics and marijuana and … Continue reading →

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Far Out: Psychedelic History with Rick Doblin, Founder of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS)

Posted on November 28, 2011 by

The Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS) is not your typical drug policy reform organization. Since 1986, MAPS has worked as a nonprofit pharmaceutical company to turn psychedelic drugs into prescription medicines to treat afflictions — including postraumatic stress disorder, pain, … Continue reading →

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Forgotten Drugs of Abuse I: T’s and Blues

Posted on November 21, 2011 by

Stop me if you’ve heard this one before.  It’s about a new drug, a killer, raging through a major American city filling ERs and morgues and leaving a trail of wrecked lives.  Just a year ago heroin was the big … Continue reading →

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Points on Blogs: Reading *The Neuro Times*

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

“Points on Blogs” returns this week, with a visit to The Neuro Times, “an historical blog dedicated to neurology and neuroscience.”  The Neuro Times is the work of Dr. Stephen T. Casper, an Assistant Professor in the History of Science … Continue reading →

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Doing Early Modern Drugs

Posted on October 27, 2011 by

Editor’s Note: Points today welcomes the first in a series of guest posts by Matthew Crawford, Assistant Professor of the History of Science and Technology at Kent State University.  A historian of the early modern Atlantic World, he is at … Continue reading →

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Points on Blogs: The Quack Doctor

Posted on October 13, 2011 by

The “Points on Blogs” feature takes a bit of a break this week, offering a quick look at The Quack Doctor, a blog published by Caroline Rance.  Caroline is a writer of historical fiction, whose first novel (Kill-Grief) has recently … Continue reading →

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