Tuesday, September 07, 2010

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, PA)

... 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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