Wednesday, August 03, 2011

History for the Future: Talking Drug Policy and Addiction with Caroline Acker

Talking Drug Policy and Addiction with Caroline Acker
History for the Future (WRCT: Pittsburgh Public Radio)

... an interview with Caroline Acker, Associate Professor of History at Carnegie Mellon University. We talk about the development of American drug policy, the meaning of addiction, her work in co-founding Prevention Point Pittsburgh (the area needle exchange program), and drug policy under Obama. … And yes, she even briefly mentions Richard Nixon.

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