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University of Wisconsin-Madison: School of Pharmacy, 777 Highland Ave, MADISON, WI
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Lucas Richert will launch his new book, Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs, in conjunction with a public talk Diversity and Disparity in Pharmacy: Past, Present, & Future.
Olayinka Shiyanbola and Lucas Richert, of the School of Pharmacy's Social and Administrative Sciences Division, and Greg Bond, of the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy (AIHP), will each deliver a brief research talk in the Rennebohm Hall Commons about disparity and diversity in pharmacy. The event will be held in room 2215 at Rennebohm Hall (Commons). Presented by University of Wisconsin-Madison Social & Administrative Sciences and the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy.
In Strange Trips Lucas Richert investigates the myths, meanings, and boundaries of recreational drugs, palliative care drugs, and pharmaceuticals as well as struggles over product innovation, consumer protection, and freedom of choice in the medical marketplace. Scrutinizing how we have conceptualized and regulated drugs amid the pressing and competing interests of state regulatory bodies, pharmaceutical and for-profit companies, scientific researchers, and medical professionals, Richert asks how perceptions of a product shift—from dangerous substance to medical breakthrough, or vice versa. Through close examination of archival materials, accounts, and records, he brings substances into conversation with each other and demonstrates the contentious relationship between scientific knowledge, cultural assumptions, and social concerns.
Lucas Richert is the George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.