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Victorian Women on Drugs, Part 2: Female Writers

Posted on April 11, 2012 by

Points is pleased to present the second installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’  four-part series on women’s drug use in Victorian England today. Today, we learn about the (professed) drug use of Victorian-era women writers. In her autobiography Twenty Years … Continue reading →

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Victorian Women on Drugs, Part 1: Queen Victoria

Posted on April 4, 2012 by

We here at Points are very excited to present the first installment of guest blogger Kristina Aikens’ four-part series. Kristina received her PhD in English from Tufts University in 2008, producing the thesis “A Pharmacy of Her Own: Victorian Women … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Christopher Snowdon

Posted on November 29, 2011 by

After a bit of a break, the “Points Interview” feature returns this week.  Christopher Snowdon becomes the eighteenth author to face the relentless grilling for which this feature has become so well known.  Christopher joins us to discuss his book, … 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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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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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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Guest Blogging: Siobhan Reynolds

Posted on April 12, 2011 by

With this first in a series of posts by Siobhan Reynolds, formerly of the Pain Relief Network, Points inaugurates a guest blogging feature, showcasing voices from inside and outside of the academic and policy worlds. Reynolds founded the Pain Relief … Continue reading →

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The Points Interview: Carol Benedict

Posted on March 14, 2011 by

The fourth installment of the Points Interview series is ready, and I’m happy to say that it takes us into the fascinating world of tobacco history.  Carol Benedict is author of Golden-Silk Smoke: A History of Tobacco in China, 1550-2010, set … Continue reading →

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Drug Law Exceptionalism?

Posted on January 25, 2011 by

One of the rewards of blogging is an instant boost to your awareness of what others are doing with the same sort of forum.  Among other places, it’s led me to Mexican Opium, a (short-term?) blog project by law student … Continue reading →

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