David Herzberg Opioid Crisis Lecture - American Institute of the History of Pharmacy

Professor David Herzberg lectures on the historical roots of the contemporary opioid crisis.

AIHP is pleased to share Professor David Herzberg’s lecture, “The Opioid Crisis in Historical Perspective: What we can learn from a century of addiction to pharmaceuticals,” about the historical roots of the current opioid crisis. Dr. David Herzberg, Associate Professor of History at the University at Buffalo and Member of the Board of Directors of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, presents a lecture about the historical roots of the opioid crisis at the AIHP Annual Business Meeting Webinar on November 15, 2018.

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AIHP COVID-19 Project The American Institute of the History of Pharmacy is documenting and preserving pharmacy stories and experiences during the COVID-19 global pandemic for the benefit of future historians and scholars. We seek to record the effects of this public health emergency on all types of pharmacy experiences. We invite you to share your pharmacy stories, photos, videos, artifacts, and other documentation of the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic.

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Calendar of Events

Upcoming events of interest to historians of pharmacy, pharmaceuticals, medicines, science, and related fields. (Event information current when posted. In light of the COVID-19 pandemic, please double-check the status of all events):

13-16 May 2021: Annual Meeting of the American Association for the History of Medicine, Madison, WI, USA. Online

19-22 July, 2021: American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy, Virtual Pharmacy Education, 2021. Online

25-31 July 2021: 26th International Congress of the History of Science and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic. Online

23-27 August 2021: 47th Congress of the International Society for the History of Medicine, Riga, Latvia. Online

13-17 September 2021: American College of Clinical Pharmacy Annual Meeting. Online.

18-21 October 2021: Academy of Managed Care Pharmacy Nexus 2021, Denver, Colorado.

4-7 November 2021: American Society of Pharmacy Law Developments in Pharmacy Law Seminar XXXII. Las Vegas, Nevada.

18 November 2021: Annual Business Meeting of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy. Online