Theo di Castri is organising an exhibition to expand drug education to include more on the history & politics of drugs and drug policy. In Cambridge, from 30th May to 10th June - www.gatescambridge.org/about/news/s... @theodicastri.bsky.social @uniofcam.bsky.social #drugs

Folks in Cambridge! Join us this Friday at 7PM for the opening of an exhibit featuring a series of transmedia art pieces created by communication students at the Universidad Iberoamericana & @homertoncollege.bsky.social.

We can’t arrest our way out of the overdose crisis. But Congress is trying with the HALT Fentanyl Act, which blocks health research & increases mandatory minimums for fentanyl-related substances. Tell your Senators to vote NO & prioritize health, not handcuffs: engage.drugpolicy.org/secure/vote-...

War on #Drugs in the news: www.ft.com/content/ad53...

#Drugs in the news: www.theguardian.com/film/gallery...

Weird how not a single one of the newspapers and magazines that have been breathlessly churning out "cancel culture" thinkpieces for the past four years have managed to use the word "censorship" at all to describe the most rapid and comprehensive campaign of mass-censorship in recent US history.

#Drugs in the news: New York Times pushing a fear-mongering "story of how a small band of anticapitalist activists helped sink the first psychedelic compound to come before the F.D.A." www.nytimes.com/2025/02/04/h...

War on #drugs in the news: www.ft.com/content/8ab2...

(War on) #Drugs in the news: www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...

#Drugs in the news (in which the effects of Israel's belligerence paves the way for US intervention in Mexico) (www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...)

#Drugs in the news: www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

War on #Drugs in the News: www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

#Drugs in the News: www.nytimes.com/2024/12/31/w...

I've been meaning to wade into the growth vs. degrowth debate for a long time now. Thanks @kunktation.bsky.social for this helpful review: www.thenation.com/article/econ...

💥The Lancet, one of the world's most prestigious medical journals, has just published an important editorial. A selection: « Problem drug use and physical dependency—contrary to popular belief—only affect around 10% of those who use drugs. […] The disastrous impact of

Drugs in the news: www.ft.com/content/95da...

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Abstracts for Contemporary Drug Problems biannual conference in Manchester, due *January 15* www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs/event...

Abstracts for this year's International Society for the Study of Drug Policy (ISSDP) conference in Manchester due January 17: www.issdp.org/conferences-...

Great compilation of essays exploring the history/cultural significance of Adderall in US: pioneerworks.org/broadcast/cl...

War on drugs as a driver of rising tuberculosis rates in Latin America. www.theguardian.com/society/2024...

Looking for interesting/alternative formats for a potential edited volume. Ideas and examples most welcome.

I've been working on a visual map to illustrate the multiple entry points into discussions re: drugs. What titles am I missing? What other thematic clusters could be added? app.mural.co/t/chapter520...

I wrote about the specific technology design features that can weaken our self-control. A brief review of some recent commentary and classification What makes the internet addictive? carlerikfisher.substack.com/p/what-makes...

Throughout the last 25 years, I’ve met — online and IRL — many extraordinary abolitionist and justice organizers, activists, strategists, authors, journalists, artists, professors and even politicians who’ve dedicated their lives to fighting for liberation. These are some. go.bsky.app/UsXPJfU

Anyone have any recommendations for environmental histories of the drug trade?

For me, a key takeaway from Lomnitz' Sovereignty & Extortion (shorturl.at/HVmzw) is the importance of attending to the complex dynamics that mediate and compensate for inequality (i.e. the politics!) within communities when trying to make sense of (drug-related) violence. 🧵1/

Now out: my exchange (journals.uchicago.edu/doi/10.1086/...) with David Hawkins and Richard Catalano in response to my recent article (journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....) on the history of prevention science in the Social History of Alcohol and Drugs🧵 1/