Tag Archives: Opiates

Victorian Women on Drugs, Part 4: The Female Addicts of Deadwood

Posted on April 25, 2012 by

Today, Points presents the final installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’ four-part series on Victorian women and drugs. Today, Kristina looks at the constructed reality of drug use in the HBO series Deadwood. For my last blog post, I turn from … Continue reading →

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Lessons From the Narcotic Farm, Part Two

Posted on March 21, 2012 by

Editor’s Note: Today, Points continues a series of reflections on the Lexington Narcotic Hospital, from Luke Walden, JP Olsen, and Nancy Campbell.  You can read the first post in the series here.  Walden is a documentary filmmaker, Olsen a journalist (and documentarian), … Continue reading →

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The “Lee Robins Study” and Its Legacy, Part Two

Posted on January 18, 2012 by

Editor’s Introduction: Earlier this week, Points began a look back at Dr. Lee Robins’ study of heroin use among returning Vietnam veterans, with an extended Introduction and some reflections from Dr. Dessa Bergen-Cico. Today, we’re posting the second and final … Continue reading →

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The “Lee Robins Study” and Its Legacy, Part One

Posted on January 16, 2012 by

It has been forty years since Dr. Lee Robins, a Washington University sociologist and pioneer of psychiatric epidemiology, conducted her now-famous study of opiate use among U.S. servicemen returning from Vietnam.  Forty years ago exactly–January, 1972–Robins was already working on … Continue reading →

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Remembering a Drug Activist: Siobhan Reynolds: 1961-2011

Posted on January 9, 2012 by

I didn’t keep up with my drug-related news over the holidays. I didn’t check Facebook or read any blogs. My mother was in town, and I was playing tourist. What could possibly happen, anyway, I thought, with legislators on holiday … Continue reading →

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Addiction and the Lessons of Vietnam

Posted on January 4, 2012 by

David Courtwright thoughtfully alerted your Points editors to the latest reprise of a four decade-long discussion of Vietnam’s legacy for the addiction research field, this one courtesy of NPR’s Morning Edition.  The report comes from NPR’s Alix Spiegel, and features … Continue reading →

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In the Ether: Rick Doblin on Psychedelics and Addiction

Posted on December 2, 2011 by

As Rick Doblin, founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS), Rick Doblin, mentioned in the second installment of his three-part interview with Points (Part I is here), the organization — part psychedelic research lab, part advocacy group, and … 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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The Elephant in the Newsroom: Drug Policy and Michele Bachmann’s Migraines

Posted on August 15, 2011 by

Ed. Note–This post originally appeared on August 1. We removed it briefly while pursuing an opportunity to speak with Rep. Bachmann about the questions posed below. Unfortunately, the Bachmann camp did not respond to our query. We welcome readers’ insights … Continue reading →

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We Are the Drug War: Prohibition as Success

Posted on July 20, 2011 by

In her final guest post for Points, Siobhan Reynolds asserts that the oft-repeated claim that the War on Drugs has failed should be reassessed from the point of view of those who profit from its outcomes. Looked at from that … Continue reading →

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