Emily Dufton: Methadone, Suboxone, and the War on Drugs

Emily Dufton discusses her book Addiction, Inc.: Medication-Assisted Treatment and America’s Forgotten War on Drugs. It’s the history of the federal development and subsequent commercialization of the opioid addiction medication industry. Beginning with the Johnson Administration, the reasons the Federal response to and creation of drug policy moved from harm reduction to carceral solutions are explored. Emily Dufton, drug historian and writer, her writing has appeared in the Washington…

David McNally: Slavery and Capital

David McNally discusses his book, Slavery and Capitalism: A New Marxist History. Prof. McNally offers the first systematic Marxist account of the capitalist character of Atlantic slavery. By using colonial travel literature, enslaver records, and slave narratives he makes the case that enslaved labor in the plantation system established a modern capitalist working class constantly fighting for their freedom. David McNally is the NEH Cullen Distinguished Professor of History and Business at…