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Emily Dufton is an American author on the history of United States drug policy.
Her first book, Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America, based on her doctoral thesis at George Washington University Department of American Studies,[1][2] was called "a comprehensive history of marijuana legalization in America" by Kirkus Reviews,[3] and "a new milestone in the literature on drugs" in The American Historical Review.[4]
Her 2026 book Addiction, Inc "explores the nation's history of drug treatment for opioid addiction from the golden era of treatment in the early 1970s to the current day".[5]
Dufton hosts a channel on New Books Network devoted to drugs and drug addiction.[6]
Bibliography
[edit]- Addiction, Inc.: Medication-Assisted Treatment and America's Forgotten War on Drugs. University of Chicago Press. April 2026.
- Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall of Marijuana in America. Basic Books. December 5, 2017.
References
[edit]- ↑ Williams, John (December 3, 2017). "Tell us 5 things about your book: Debating pot in America". The New York Times.
- ↑ "AMST alum Dutton New York Times interview". George Washington University Department of American Studies.
- ↑ "Grass Roots: the rise and fall and rise of marijuana in America by Emily Dufton, A lively, perceptive refresher course on the politics of pot.", Kirkus Reviews, November 1, 2017
- ↑ Davis, Joshua Clark (December 3, 2018), "Emily Dufton. Grass Roots: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Marijuana in America. New York: Basic Books, 2017.", The American Historical Review (book review), 34 (1), Oxford University Press: 1689–1690, doi:10.1093/ahr/rhy244
- ↑ Ryan Reft (April 7, 2026). "Made at the Library: The Other War on Drugs: Emily Dufton and Addiction Inc". Unfolding History – Manuscripts at the Library of Congress (blog). Library of Congress. ISSN 2769-6189. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ "New Books Network Seeks Podcast Hosts". Points: The blog of the Alcohol & Drugs History Society. Alcohol and Drugs History Society. September 9, 2021. Retrieved 2026-05-16.
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