The speaker will be Dr Iain McPhee from the UWS, Paisley.
Summary of the talk
Iain introduces the subject of the use of drugs from a historical position. He presents data about the consequences of drug taking, and the consequences of criminalising and medicalising human behaviour.
Iain provides an often humorous and irreverent position on how medicine, the police, academics and the public stereotype drugs and drugs users.
In this discussion Iain provides evidence to answer the question is taking drugs a normal part of human experience or a vicious indulgence that results in degradation and death?
Iain provides some answers to the use of drug in ceremonial religious practice, giving an alternative view of drug use in history. In the presentation Iain will reveal:
¡ The true story of father Christmas
¡ Why reindeers with red noses are important in the story of Rudolph
¡ Why people actually do eat ‘yellow snow’…
The following is a brief extract from his biography:
Iain has worked within the addiction field since 1991, working in a variety of drug services and therapeutic institutions and with a range of drug users.
He completed an honours degree in Psychology and sociology in 1995.
A Master’s degree in 2003 and in 2012 Iain completed his PhD at University of Stirling.
Iain is currently working as a full time Senior Lecturer at UWS in the School of media culture and society.
Since 2000 he taught on the postgraduate Alcohol and Drugs Studies.
His research interests include exploring the experiences of non-treatment seeking drug takers. Iain currently supervises 5 PhD students. 2 to completion most recently.
He has written 2 books and 25 peer reviewed academic papers. He has delivered over 40 peer reviewed conference papers in Europe on his specialist subjects of drug and alcohol addiction.
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