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Alcohol and Drugs History Society

The Alcohol and Drugs History Society is a scholarly organization whose members study the history of a variety of illegal, regulated, and unregulated drugs such as opium, alcohol, and coffee. Organized in 2004, the ADHS is the successor of a society with a more limited scope, the Alcohol and Temperance History Group, which existed for 25 years. The last ATHG president and the first ADHS president was Ian R. Tyrrell, an Australian. Although most ADHS members are English-speakers, there are a few members in Scandinavia, Germany, and elsewhere. The ADHS sponsors the Social History of Alcohol and Drugs: an Interdisciplinary Journal, which appears in both printed and electronic formats, a website that provides bibliographical news and contemporary stories, and a listserv group. The ADHS is affiliated with the American Historical Association and sponsors sessions at the January meetings of the AHA. The ADHS plans an international conference in Canada in 2007, with Guelph University as the host.

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