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Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 12.11.2020
Read more: Dr. Órfhlaith Campbell | Belfast, Northern Ireland | 12.11.2020Doctor Órfhlaith Campbell is a Belfast-based historian, wellbeing practitioner and drug reform activist with a PhD on the The Irish Temperance League of 1858-1914, which campaigned during a time of major political upheaval across the island. She has a background in community work, having worked in a range of positions in Vancouver, Canada, supporting adults […]
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Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France | Review
Read more: Taming Cannabis: Drugs and Empire in Nineteenth-Century France | ReviewNicholas reviews educator and historian David A. Guba Jr’s book, Taming Cannabis. One of the most prevalent fears promoted against marijuana use comes from the categorisation of its users and the subsequent stereotyping and fearmongering of the effects it has on these individuals. This is shrouded in racist and xenophobic narratives perpetrated by a government […]