I need to disclose two very private facts. They are not causally related. First, when I was in my mid-teens,…
For the first time in more than a half century, life expectancy declined for two consecutive years in the United…
An aphorism much favored by my fellow dipsomaniacs goes thus: “Dogs are smarter than people. A dog won’t eat or…
The New Yorker’s Patrick Radden Keefe tries to blame a drug company for the current opiate epidemic. His piece nicely…
As a young law student at Yale, I had the great honor of studying Constitutional Law under the genius-hero, Robert…
President Trump’s declaration that opioid abuse is a public health emergency is sparking debate about addiction. Tragically, myths and misinformation are blocking…
It is a cliché in Washington that the war on drugs has seen a comeback, thanks almost entirely to the…
For months, the pharmaceutical industry’s consistent disregard of consumers and bad press has seemed like a setup that was missing…
When the Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis advised the President to declare a national emergency to…
The crisis of confidence in the pharmaceutical industry remains one of the least well-reported elements of contemporary politics. And despite…
