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New Books in Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
Nancy D. Campbell, “OD: Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose” (MIT Press, 2020)
Nancy D. Campbell
OD
Naloxone and the Politics of Overdose
MIT Press, 2020

New Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in TechnologyNew Books Network January 24, 2020 Dorian Deshauer

For years, drug overdose was unmentionable in polite society. OD was understood to be something that took place in dark alleys―an ugly death awaiting social deviants―neither scientifically nor clinically interesting. But over the last several years, overdose prevention has become the unlikely object of a social movement, powered by the... Read More
Joe Miller, “US of AA: How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism” (Chicago Review Press, 2019)
Joe Miller
US of AA
How the Twelve Steps Hijacked the Science of Alcoholism
Chicago Review Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books Network January 7, 2020 Emily Dufton

In the aftermath of Prohibition, America’s top scientists joined forces with members of a new group, called Alcoholics Anonymous, and put their clout behind a campaign to convince the nation that alcoholism was a disease rather than a moral failing. Their campaign spanned decades, and from it grew a multimillion-dollar... Read More
Benjamin Breen, “The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade” (U Penn Press, 2019)
Benjamin Breen
The Age of Intoxication
Origins of the Global Drug Trade
University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019

New Books in African StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Latin American StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World Affairs December 26, 2019 Lucas Richert

In Benjamin Breen‘s The Age of Intoxication: Origins of the Global Drug Trade (University of Pennsylvania Press, 2019), we are transported back to a time when there was no such thing as “recreational” and “medicinal” drugs. People ate Egyptian mummies. Tobacco apparently cured cancer. And the book has many more... Read More
Maziyar Ghiabi, “Drug Politics: Managing Disorder in the Islamic Republic of Iran” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
Maziyar Ghiabi
Drug Politics
Managing Disorder in the Islamic Republic of Iran
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in AnthropologyNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in Islamic StudiesNew Books in Middle Eastern StudiesNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Religion & FaithNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network December 9, 2019 Lucas Richert

Iran has one of the planet’s highest rates of addiction. Maziyar Ghiabi‘s Drug Politics: Managing Disorder in the Islamic Republic of Iran (Cambridge University Press, 2019) offers a fascinating, new, and nuanced perspective on the control and consumption of substances in Iran. Based on ethnographic and historical research, this fully Open Access... Read More
David Farber, “Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed” (Cambridge UP, 2019)
David Farber
Crack
Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed
Cambridge University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network October 16, 2019 Matthew J. Johnson

A shattering account of the crack cocaine years from award-winning American historian David Farber, Crack: Rock Cocaine, Street Capitalism, and the Decade of Greed (Cambridge University Press, 2019) tells the story of the young men who bet their lives on the rewards of selling ‘rock’ cocaine, the people who gave... Read More
Thomas Hager, “Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine” (Harry N. Abrams, 2019)
Thomas Hager
Ten Drugs
How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History of Medicine
Harry N. Abrams, 2019

New Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in Science, Technology, and SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network October 14, 2019 Emily Dufton

Behind every landmark drug is a story. It could be a researcher’s genius insight, a catalyzing moment in geopolitical history, a new breakthrough technology, or an unexpected but welcome side effect discovered during clinical trials. In his new book, Ten Drugs: How Plants, Powders, and Pills Have Shaped the History... Read More
Lucas Richert, “Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs” (McGill-Queens UP, 2019)
Lucas Richert
Strange Trips
Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs
McGill-Queens University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books Network October 11, 2019 Emily Dufton

Strange Trips isn’t only the title of Dr. Lucas Richert’s new book; it’s also a good description of the journey substances take from the black market to the doctor’s black bag—and, sometimes, back to the black market again. In Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs (McGill-Queens University... Read More
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