On Monday, October 28th, the department hosted an Inklings gathering featuring Dr. Marc Wallace who gave a talk on “Governmental Technology and the Diversion of Prescription Drugs.” His talk focused on drug use, abuse and misuse, anti-drug programs and enforcement, and Texas’ effort to manage the opioid crisis. The talk was followed by a discussion with a dozen faculty and graduate students in attendance. Amy Fanguy-White, a political science graduate student who attended, was surprised to learn that “two billion dollars are lost to fraudulent use of prescription medications yearly in the State of Texas” and that there was little federal oversight.
The department’s “Inklings” gatherings take their name from a small group of intellectuals (whose ranks included J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis) who met weekly at Oxford University in the early and middle decades of the 20th century to read aloud and discuss their works in progress.
