with David Herzberg "Why History Matters for the Opioid Crisis"

Co-sponsored  by the Gaines Center for the Humanities, the Behavioral Health Humanities Speaker Series welcomes David Herzberg as the fourth speaker in the 2024-2025 series. Herzberg's lecture, "Why History Matters for the Opioid Crisis" will take place at 7:30pm on Monday February 24, via zoom. Today’s opioid crisis is often portrayed as unprecedented, but it is only the latest and most devastating episode in a century-long history of drug policy disasters. Knowing this history is a crucial step in freeing ourselves from the social hierarchies of race, gender, and class that have been built into the concepts and practices we use to address this important public health issue.

Join us on zoom at this link: https://uky.zoom.us/j/83663154302

David Herzberg is Professor of History and Director of the Drugs, Health, and Society Program at the University of Buffalo (SUNY). Primarily focusing on psychoactive pharmaceuticals, he researches and teaches on the nature and trajectory of drug commerce, drug use, and drug policy in US racial capitalism.