Dr. Mutulu Shakur |
Dr. Mutulu Shakur was a Black liberation activist who obtained his doctorate of Acupuncture from the Quebec Association of Acupuncture. Dr. Shakur is credited with creating one of the most famous acupuncture detox protocols that is still practiced worldwide; the NADA protocol.
Above image from the Tolbert and Anola Small Papers via Eana Meng.
In 1970, he helped open the first Acudetox center at Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx, after a coalition of activists joined the Young Lords in taking over the hospital to demand humane access to medical care. His clinic was the first of its kind in the US to address Methadone and Heroine addiction with the use of acupuncture, until the FBI intervened. Read more about the history here.
Mia Donovan produced a documentary about the Lincoln Hospital Detox Center which is available to watch on Youtube. A podcast of the same name is available on all podcast platforms.