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Sep 7, 20223 min read
Research Note: Opiate Pharmacology (Synthetic Analgesics) and Post-war International Drug Control
A historical primary source puzzle: Letter from H.J. Anslinger, US Representative to the Commission on Narcotic Drugs, to Dr Leon...
Feb 16, 20228 min read
Some Reflections: GSID’s 30th Anniversary and MJHW 11 Feb. 2022 Presentation
Whew, January to February in the Japanese academic year is busy! From proctoring the nation-wide entrance exams (called センター試験),...
Jan 2, 20227 min read
Is International Drug Control Effective? The Gentlemen’s Club ('75) vs. The Politics of Heroin ('72)
Now that a few journal articles (leftover work from Edinburgh) have been sent off, I can finally dedicate time to my book on the history...
Apr 11, 202120 min read
Research Statement WIP: New Storytelling Paradigms Beyond the Global
What follows was originally drafted as a team concept paper in December 2019. I wanted to post it here on my blog because I kept...
Mar 3, 20216 min read
Contemporary Storytelling: Pharma in Global Public Health
I am in the last stages of a first article draft on how UK-US pharma house Burroughs Wellcome (BW) priced the first successful treatment...
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