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Thomas Michael Harvell-DeGolier researches movements that linked drug control and alcohol prohibition to the creation and functioning of Democracies and society in Brazil and the United States in the 20th century. His work focuses on the period between 1888 and 1965 in both the United States and Brazil. In exploring the medical, social, and moral conversations around substance use, his project illustrates how democracies functioned through the creation of categories of inclusion and exclusion. He has presented his work at BRASA and at SHAFR.