Lucas Richert
Position title: Professor, George Urdang Chair in the History of Pharmacy; Historical Director for the American Institute of the History of Pharmacy, which is based in the UW-Madison School of Pharmacy
Pronouns: he/him
Email: lucas.richert@wisc.edu
Phone: (608) 890-3676
Address:
Room 2513, Rennebohm Hall
Interests
Lucas Richert (RICK-ert) studies intoxicating substances and the pharmaceutical industry. He also examines the history of mental health.
Education
Ph.D., University of London, School of Advanced Study, 2010
Books
Lucas Richert and James H. Mills, Eds. Cannabis: Global Histories, Cambridge (The MIT Press, 2021).
Lucas Richert, Break On Through: Radical Psychiatry and the American Counterculture (The MIT Press, 2019).
Lucas Richert, Strange Trips: Science, Culture, and the Regulation of Drugs (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2019).
Courses taught
HistSci 401 / S&A PHM 401: History of Pharmacy
Website: apps.pharmacy.wisc.edu/sopdir/lucas_richert/
Media Appearances
Vox Media, “MDMA’s 40-year fight for medical approval continues – Part 1: Ecstasy Therapy,” August 13, 2024.
Capital Times, “Wisconsin’s cannabis industry leafs out with new, legal products,” July 10, 2024.
Wisconsin Public Radio, “How delta-8 is shaping the marijuana debate in Wisconsin,” June 17, 2024.
WMTV-News, “Delta-8 remains largely unregulated in Wisconsin,” June 3, 2024.
Spectrum News, “Marijuana is illegal in Wisconsin, but research could now spike,” May 17, 2024.
UW-Madison for Spectrum News’ “In Focus,” February 1, 2024.
Wisconsin Public Radio, “New medical marijuana proposal,” January 11, 2024.
Nautilus Magazine, “The long history of psychedelic theft,” November 1, 2023.
PBS’s To the Best of Our Knowledge, “Luminous – can psychedelics be decolonized?” October 21, 2023.
The Badger-Herald, “Wisconsin Democrats introduce bill to legalize recreational marijuana,” October 13, 2023.