A number of papers related to drinks and drugs will be presented at  
the meeting of the North American Conference on British Studies, in  
conjunction with the Northeast Conference on British Studies, 17-19  
November 2006, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

(session) Intoxicatind Drink in Early Modern English Society: Three  
Commodities
chair and commentator: Keith Wrightson, Yale University
Wine and  Citizenship in Restoration England (Philip Withington,  
University of Leeds)
Beyond Queen Gin: Spirits in the Eighteenth Century (John Chartres,  
University of Leeds)
"Most Cherishing to Poor Labouring People": Beer as a Foodstuff in  
Early Modern England (Craig Muldrew, Queen's College, Cambridge  
University)

other sessions
Non-Governmental Organizations, the State and Illegal Drugs,  
1967-1977 (Alex Mold, London School Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
Social Drinking and  Disaffection during the Interregnum (Caroline  
Boswell, Brown University)
British Planters, Cheap Tea and New Markets: Creating a Taste for  
Indian Tea in North America and South Asia (Erika Rappaport,  
University of California, Santa Barbara)