Our Age of Anxiety: Opioids, Addiction and The Flight From Reality - The Tradition of "Do No Harm"

EIGHTEENTH ANNUAL MEDICAL HISTORY CONFERENCE

2:00 PM

INTRODUCTION & WELCOME

Martin Teintze, Ph.D., Director of the MSU WWAMI Program

2:10 PM         

HISTORY OF OPIOIDS AND THEIR USAGE

Gene Slocum, M.D.

3:00 PM

OPIOID PHARMACOLOGY IN HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

Keith Parker, Ph.D.

3:50-4:00 SHORT BREAK

4:00 PM

THE MAKING OF AN ADDICT: THE HISTORY OF OPIOID USE IN THE URBAN AMERICAN WEST

Natalie Scheidler, Ph.D.

 5:00 PM – END OF PROGRAM, RECEPTION IN LOBBY IMMEDIATELY TO FOLLOW