February 20, 2024 12:00pm
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1:00pm
History of the War on Drugs: Impact on Communities of Color
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Location: MN 136 and Zoom Event Category: Lectures Sponsor: Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Speaker: Claire D. Clark, PhD, MPH
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This talk will trace the history of the war on drugs and its impact on communities of color in the United States from the Harrison Narcotic Tax Act of 1914 through the death of George Floyd in 2021, paying particular attention to the way structural racism influenced the longstanding distinction between "medical" and "criminal" substance use. Lunch will be provided for in-person attendees who register here, or you can join remotely via Zoom.
Claire D. Clark, PhD, MPH, is a medical educator, historian of medicine, and associate professor in the UK's College of Medicine. She holds a joint appointment in the department of history in the College of Arts and Sciences and is a faculty affiliate of the Program for Bioethics and Center for Health Equity Transformation. Dr. Clark is the author of The Recovery Revolution: The Battle Over Addiction Treatment in the United States (Columbia University Press, 2017).
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