Dear all I am submitting this individual's question to benefit from the collective wisdom of the list. Please respond to him directly, since he is not on this list (of course you can send your response to the list, too, so we can all benefit from the information). Dan Malleck >From: "Amund Tallaksen" <[log in to unmask]> >Subject: Drug policy/history Ph.D programs > >Hello > >I write to you because I am currently looking for Ph.D programs in the >United States or Canada, and my main interest is drug policy and the >history of drug abuse. I am a Norwegian citizen, and have a BA in >American Studies from the University of Oslo, and an additional year >of undergraduate studies from the University of Texas. I am currently >finishing an MA in American History at Leiden University in the >Netherlands. I have also worked for some 8 months at a detox clinic in >Oslo, Norway, so I have some personal experience when it comes to >drug-addiction treatment, synthetic opiates and drugs in general. > >At the moment I am trying to find relevant programs in the United >States or Canada (History or American Studies), and was advised to get >in touch with you from Professor Rorabaugh at UW Seattle. I have been >in touch with the University of Texas and Professor Mark C. Smith, and >he seemed very positive about my research plans. I am also aware that >Carnegie-Mellon and Yale have drug policy expertise. Can you give me >some advice to other schools that might have relevant programs and >faculty? > >In advance, thank you very much! > >-- >Best regards >Amund Tallaksen >Noordeinde 52 K-17 >2311 CE Leiden >The Netherlands Dan Malleck, PhD Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada. Secretary/Treasurer, The Alcohol and Drugs History Society Editor-in-chief, Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: An Interdisciplinary Journal http://historyofalcoholanddrugs.typepad.com Confidentiality Notice: This e-mail, including any attachments, may contain confidential or privileged information. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by e-mail and immediately delete this message and its contents, and then find someone else to blame. Thank you.