Drugs and Society: Public Health and Harm Reduction

CJ Trowbridge HED 315 2020-06-04 Reaction Paper: Unit 2 Reducing Drug Related Harm (Powerpoint) Course goal: To give participants the opportunity to examine drug-related harm, and help participants gain a basic understanding of how harm reduction principles, policy and practice work together to address that harm. Harm reduction is an approach that aims to reduce… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Public Health and Harm Reduction

Corona Country

Corona Country is a twist on the earlier project Covid19 Progress. This app shows you data at the county level in your area. So you can see how coronavirus is going where you are. There are a couple of reasons I decided to launch this project. While it’s interesting to compare countries and states, I… Continue reading Corona Country

Covid19 Progress

I saw an opportunity around the lack of clarity and accessibility for coronavirus statistics. I also saw a lot of misleading claims made by people with an agenda. I wanted to bring clarity to the data and make it easy to understand and compare. And so, Covid19 Progress was born! This simple site allows anyone… Continue reading Covid19 Progress

“The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”

The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis. Focusing just on drug use and not on the causes for addiction, I was struck by this line from Ethan Nadelmann’s Ted Talk. It reminded me of arguments made by founding Queer Theorist Michel Foucault in his landmark book Discipline and Punish. Foucault… Continue reading “The drug war is the international projection of a domestic American psychosis.”

Drugs and Society: Intro

CJ Trowbridge HED 315 – Drugs and Society 2020-06-01 Reaction Points: Unit 1 ethan nadelman’s ted talk Effects of the war on drugs Created a $300b global black market for drugs More drug use than ever Same failure as the prohibition on alcohol Treaties emphasize criminalization rather than treatment Most money spend around the world… Continue reading Drugs and Society: Intro

Beat The Smoke Without N95

Update: With one of these in my room, the PM2.5 stayed at zero even when the outdoor PM2.5 was over 800!   Hoarding N95 masks and other medical supplies during covid is irresponsible and unhelpful. I will show you a better alternative. I have severe asthma. As such, fire season in California poses a real… Continue reading Beat The Smoke Without N95

Giovanni’s Room Refutes Sexual Orientation

CJ Trowbridge 2020-05-21 English 16 Final Giovanni’s Room tells the story of a character struggling to fit simultaneously inside several contradictory identities, all of which fail to encompass the truth of his life. David is a straight man. David is also a gay man. David treats his multiple selves like characters to be played. He… Continue reading Giovanni’s Room Refutes Sexual Orientation