How prohibition drives users to more dangerous drugs. Last week CNN ran a report called
"Deadly High: How Synthetic Drugs Are Killing Kids." The story
highlights the threat posed by "deadly new drugs on America's
streets designed to evade the law." In case you are not sure how
you should react to this menace, correspondent Drew Griffin ... MORE
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Jacob Sullum: Turn On, Tune In, Drop Dead
How prohibition drives users to more dangerous drugs. Last week CNN ran a report called
"Deadly High: How Synthetic Drugs Are Killing Kids." The story
highlights the threat posed by "deadly new drugs on America's
streets designed to evade the law." In case you are not sure how
you should react to this menace, correspondent Drew Griffin ... MOREMitchell Feinberg: On The Moral Use Of "Smart Drugs"
Smart is good. Cognitive enhancement drugs (CEDs), such as Ritalin, Adderall, and Provigil, are most commonly known for their use in treating patients with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). But these drugs, often called “smart drugs,” can profoundly enhance a perfectly healthy person’s ability to sustain concentration and thus ... MORE
Drugs And Prostitutes Help Bring Italy Out Of Recession
by Shane Ferro. Italy is no longer in a recession, thanks to its black market. Because the European Union changed the way it calculates GDP to include illegal revenue from things like underground alcohol sales, drugs, and prostitution, Italy found out Wednesday that its 0.1% GDP decline in the first quarter of 2014 was actually flat— or 0.0% ... MOREScientology Scheme: Foundation For A Drug-Free America
Propaganda machine is religious front group. Pamphlets passed out with Halloween candy. The Foundation for a Drug-Free World -- at drugfreeworld.org -- is an anti-drug organization with links to and funded by the Church of Scientology. As such it is considered one of the cult's front groups. The Church of Scientology has a history of ... MORECarl Sagan Wanted An Honest Drugs Debate 24 Years Ago
by Matt Ferner. His questions remain spot on. Carl Sagan, a titan of scientific thought and communication, assumed many different roles in his life -- from science's "gatekeeper," to television star on the original "Cosmos," to marijuana user and advocate. Tom Angell, chairman of Marijuana Majority, recently posted a handful of Sagan's letters ... MORE
Son Of Draconian Drug Warrior Fails Drug Test
by Jesse Walker. Vice President Joe Biden has been one of the most
strident drug warriors of my lifetime. Mandatory minimum sentences,
the crack/powder disparity, federal asset forfeiture, the RAVE
Act—they all have Biden's fingerprints on them. The man may
be responsible for
the very phrase "drug czar." If the Drug War had its own Mount ... MOREDo People Really Hand Out Pot-Laced Halloween Candy?
by Jacob Sullum. The urban legend continues. Last week the DPD posted a video in which Patrick Johnson, proprietor of Denver's Urban Dispensary, warns that "there's really no way to tell the difference between candy that's infused and candy that's not infused" once the products have been removed from their original packages. ... MOREWalter E Williams: Officially Killing Americans
Incentives of the drug bureaucrats. The Food and Drug Administration can make two types of errors. It can approve a drug that has dangerous unanticipated side effects, or it can reject or delay approval of a drug that is safe and effective. Let's look at these errors, because to err on the side of under- or over-caution is costly. ... MORE
How Prohibition Drives People Toward Riskier Drugs
by Jacob Sullum. Rise of the mystery high. Last week NBC News broadcast
a story about Cloud 9, "a dangerous new synthetic drug
that's been turning up at high schools." Anchorman Lester Holt
warned that Cloud 9 is "legal, unregulated and readily
available at convenience stores"; that it "has sent almost two
dozen young people to ... MOREHenry I. Miller: Life-Saving Drugs And Deadly Delays
Curious incentives on display. The Food and Drug Administration just granted permission for “expanded access” to an experimental medicine for Ebola. It’s OK as far as it goes, but it’s an exception to the FDA’s reluctance to approve the use of life-saving products. Safety and efficacy testing of the drug, designated TKM-Ebola, has barely ... MORENY TIMES: Coalition Urges Nations To Decriminalize Drugs
by Somini Sengupta. A coalition of political figures from around the world, including Kofi Annan, the former United Nations secretary general, and several former European and Latin American presidents,
is urging governments to decriminalize a variety of illegal drugs and
set up regulated drug markets within their own countries. The proposal ... MOREJohn Stossel: Healthy Profits?
More damage to the medical profession. I'm the underachiever in my family. My parents also produced Harvard Medical School research director Thomas Stossel. Mom called him the one who had "a real job." For years, my brother annoyed me by not embracing the libertarianism that changed my life. It bored him. He was comfortable in his Harvard ... MOREWorld Health Organization Calls For Drug Decriminalization
UN argues against its own policy. JAMAICA, Uruguay, Colorado, Washington—more and more places are rebelling against the UN conventions that established the criminalisation of narcotics half a century ago. But the latest organisation to weigh in against the UN’s line is rather surprising. It is a branch of the UN itself. A report just ... MOREPowerful New Painkiller Gives Drug Warriors A Headache
by Tom Wilemon. Government's noble war to free you from pain relief. A powerful new pain medication approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration that easily can be manipulated by abusers has officials in Tennessee and other states worried. Called
Zohydro, it’s an extended-release form of hydrocodone that comes in a
capsule ... MORE
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