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Delaney presidential professor at the University of Northern Florida, will give a lecture titled \u201cForces of Habit: Why we make war on some drugs but not others,\u201d at Transylvania University on Thursday, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowgill Center, room 102. <strong>The lecture is free and open to the public.<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\nCourtwright is the inaugural speaker in the Drugged America Series, sponsored by the Bingham-Young Fellowship Program at Transylvania.<\/p>\n<p>Courtwright has been thinking and writing about the history of drug use and drug policy since the mid-1970s. He is the author of several books, including \u201cAddicts Who Survived,\u201d \u201cDark Paradise: A History of Opiate Addiction in America\u201d and \u201cForces of Habit: Drugs and the Making of the Modern World.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For more information, contact the public relations office at (859) 233-8120.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LEXINGTON, Ky.\u2014David Courtwright, John A. Delaney presidential professor at the University of Northern Florida, will give a lecture titled \u201cForces of Habit: Why we make war on some drugs but not others,\u201d at Transylvania University on Thursday, October 2, at 7:30 p.m. in the Cowgill Center, room 102. The lecture is free and open to the public. Courtwright is the inaugural speaker in the Drugged America Series, sponsored by the Bingham-Young Fellowship Program at Transylvania. Courtwright has been thinking and writing about the history of drug use and drug policy since the mid-1970s. 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