podcast Episode 5: The Addict and Addiction, from Victorian Doctors to Eugenic Psychiatrists In this episode of our podcast series History of UK drug use: The 1950s and 1960s we examine the early medical history of the addict as an identity and addiction
articles “Acid Revival” portrays a resurrected scientific field, notably more conservative than its historic predecessor Psychedelic research has made quite the resurgence in the last few years. By piecing together archival information and interviews with psychedelic researchers, Danielle Giffort examines this resurgence in the context
articles Racism and Cannabis in the British Tabloids In this article for drug and alcohol history blog Points I describe how the 1950s press used cannabis as a tool to promote fears surrounding the Windrush Generation and female
podcast Episode 4: Race, Cannabis, Sex and the Police In this episode of our podcast series History of UK drug use: The 1950s and 1960s we examine cannabis in the 1950s. The episode covers how cannabis came to be
podcast Episode 3: Thalidomide and the Profession and the Industry In this episode of our History of UK drug use: The 1950s and 1960s series we cover the thalidomide disaster which resulted in 10,000-15,000 babies to be born
articles Aldous Huxley on 'progress' and drug use In this field prevention is incomparably more important than cure; for cure merely returns the patient to an environment which begets mental illness. But how is prevention to be achieved?
podcast Episode 2: Pharmaceutical Marketing In this episode of our History of UK drug use: The 1950s and 1960s series we will discuss drug advertising in the 50s and early 60s. The pharmaceutical boom of
podcast Episode 1: Rise of Psychopharmacology and the Medical and Philosophical Reactions to it In this episode of our History of UK drug use: The 1950s and 1960s series I will present some of the origins of the Psychopharmacological Revolution and the drug taking
podcast History of UK drug use: the 1950s and 1960s - Episode 0: Introduction In this short episode I introduce the series. It includes an overview of what the series will cover and its relevance to our situation today. You can also read about
