AIHP is pleased to announce the publication of Pharmacy in History volume 61, numbers 3 & 4 (2019), a special issue focused on the future! This edition marks the second issue edited by AIHP Historical Director and Pharmacy in History Editor in Chief Lucas Richert.
The lead section contains three articles about the history of cannabis. Matthew DeCloedt writes about “Human Rights Litigation and the Medicalization of Cannabis in Canada” since 2000. Lucía Romero recounts the story of “Medical Cannabis in Argentina,” and Michael Couchman’s article, “Medicine, Moral Panic, and the International Context of Canadian Cannabis,” explores the longer history of the world-wide war against marijuana. Prof. Natalie Schmitz of the University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Pharmacy provides a “Pharmacists’s Perspective” about these three historical articles.
The Special Future of the History of Pharmacy Section contains essays by 15 historians, pharmacists, curators, and others suggesting possible futures for the historical study of drugs, medicines, and pharmacy:
- George Urdang and the Future of Pharmacy in History, by Joseph M. Gabriel
- Let’s Keep Pharmacists in Pharmacy History, by William A. Zellmer
- Pharmacy Will Always Have a History…, by Gregory J. Higby
- Next Gen: Where Will Future Historians of Pharmacy Come From, by John Parascandola
- Charting the History of Women Pharmacists, by Metta Lou Henderson
- The Post-Pharmaceutical Era, by Stuart Anderson
- Challenging Collections and Collecting Challenges, by Briony Hudson
- One Future: Unpacking Empire and Colonialism, by Anna Greenwood and Hilary Ingram
- Louis K. Liggett, Rexall, and Beyond, by Mickey C. Smith
- Psychoactivity for Sale, by Mat Savelli and Erika Dyck
- Expanding our Scope: Pharmaceuticals and Criminal Justice, by Richard Del Rio
- Addiction and Pharmacy History, by David Herzberg
- Sex, Drugs, and Pharmacy, by Ben Mechen
- Poisonous Histories: Medicine and It’s “Evil Twin,” by Ved Baruah
- The Past and Future of Early Modern Pharmacy, by Paula De Vos
The issue also features the Review Essay, “Centering Patients and Consumers in Pharmaceutical History,” by James H. Mills, as well as, reviews of seven recent books.
AIHP members with access to the Pharmacy in History JSTOR archive can read the issue immediately.
Pharmacy in History seeks articles on all aspects of the history of pharmacy, broadly defined. Please see the submission guidelines for Pharmacy in History.
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.