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New Books in Drugs, Addiction and Recovery
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
Evan Bennett, “When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont” (UP Florida, 2014)
Evan Bennett
When Tobacco Was King
Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
University Press of Florida, 2014

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Public PolicyNew Books in the American SouthNew Books Network October 4, 2019 Beth A. English

Professor Evan Bennett of Florida Atlantic University, author of When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont (University Press of Florida, 2015) discusses the development and demise of family tobacco farms, tobacco farming culture, and the New Deal’s Federal Tobacco Program. Tobacco has left an... Read More
Judith Grisel, “Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction” (Doubleday, 2019)
Judith Grisel
Never Enough
The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction
Doubleday, 2019

New Books in Big IdeasNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in PsychologyNew Books in Science & Technology September 19, 2019 Emily Dufton

Not a lot of authors go from spending their early twenties homeless and addicted to cocaine to becoming one of the world’s leading researchers on the neuroscience of addiction. But Dr. Judith Grisel, in her new book Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction (Doubleday, 2019), uses her personal... Read More
Travis Rieder, “In Pain: A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids” (Harper Collins, 2019)
Travis Rieder
In Pain
A Bioethicist’s Personal Struggle with Opioids
Harper Collins, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in MedicineNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Science & TechnologyNew Books in SociologyNew Books Network September 11, 2019 Emily Dufton

On a spring day in 2015, Dr. Travis Rieder’s life changed. A motorcycle accident, a shattered foot, and a long series of surgeries later, the Johns Hopkins University bioethicist had a far deeper understanding of opioid use in America than he ever planned. In his new book In Pain: A... Read More
Emily Dufton, “Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America” (Basic Books, 2017)
Emily Dufton
Grass Roots
The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America
Basic Books, 2017

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Arts & LettersNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in LawNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in Popular CultureNew Books Network August 30, 2019 Lucas Richert

Marijuana. Weed. Cannabis. Pot. Whatever term you use, this intoxicant and medical product leads to long discussions. Emily Dufton visits the podcast to talk about the ups and downs and highs and lows of cannabis in the United States, all detailed in her book Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall... Read More
James Tharin Bradford, “Poppies, Poltics, and Power: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy” (Cornell UP, 2019)
James Tharin Bradford
Poppies, Politics, and Power
Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy
Cornell University Press, 2019

New Books in American StudiesNew Books in Central Asian StudiesNew Books in Drugs, Addiction and RecoveryNew Books in HistoryNew Books in Peoples & PlacesNew Books in Politics & SocietyNew Books in World AffairsNew Books Network August 13, 2019 Lucas Richert

Afghanistan and the United States have a complicated relationship. And poppies have often been at the center of the problem between the two countries. In James Tharin Bradford‘s new book, Poppies, Politics, and Power: Afghanistan and the Global History of Drugs and Diplomacy (Cornell University Press, 2019), he reevaluates the... Read More