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In conjunction with hosting the traveling exhibition \u201cPick Your Poison: Intoxicating Pleasures and Medical Prescriptions,\u201d the McGoogan Health Sciences Library will present a conversation with Lydia Kang, MD, author and associate professor of internal medicine at UNMC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The exhibition, located on Level 6 of McGoogan Library, runs through Nov. 17. The National Library of Medicine produced the display and companion website<\/a> to explore the factors that have shaped the changing definitions of some of society\u2019s most potent drugs, from medical miracle to social menace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On Thursday, Nov. 7, Dr. Kang will present \u201cMiracle to Menace: A Conversation with Dr. Lydia Kang\u201d at\u00a0McGoogan Library, WHM 6032, and\u00a0online.<\/a> The event will be from noon to 1 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Kang will discuss her research related to substance misuse and its varied acceptance in society as seen in her writing, \u201cOpium and Absinthe, Quackery: A Brief History of the Worst Ways to Cure Everything\u201d and \u201cA Beautiful Poison.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She will explore the overlaps and implications of the history, stigma and acceptance of substance misuse as seen through her historical research, fictional characters and her career as an internal medicine physician.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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