Kreminar – “What is the Soft Drug Problem?”: Gatekeeping, Pharmacist Authority, and the Pharmaceutical Industry, 1950-1975
In light of contemporary court cases about the legal and ethical responsibility of pharmaceutical companies and pharmacy chains to protect patients and consumers from psychoactive and intoxicating substances, this Kreminar highlights the internal debates between pharmacists about their need to balance profits with public health concerns related to so-called "dangerous drugs" and "magic bullets.”