Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label drugs. Show all posts
Jeff Nesbit: We Have Lost The War On Drugs
Criminalizing drugs just destroys more people. It's time, finally, to face the ugly truth. We've
lost the war on drugs in America. We need a new playbook, now, before
more lives are lost. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said last week that fatal drug overdoses in America were the highest in recorded history in 2014.
The news ... MORE
Effort To Curb Painkiller Prescribing Faces Stiff Opposition
by Matthew Perrone. The option destroyers meet opposition. A bold federal effort to curb prescribing of painkillers may be faltering amid stiff resistance from drugmakers, industry-funded groups and, now, even other public health officials. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was on track to finalize new prescribing guidelines for opioid ... MOREChristopher Ingraham: One Of The Biggest Arguments Against Marijuana Legalization Is Falling Apart
Drug use continues a decade-long drop. America's high school students are using drugs and alcohol at or near the lowest levels on record, according to federal data released Wednesday. The 2015 Monitoring the Future Survey,
conducted by the University of Michigan and the National Institute on
Drug Abuse (NIDA) ... MOREJ.D. Tuccille: If Prohibitions Cannot Work Within The Prison System, How Can They Work In The Outside World?
Answer: they can't. Last week, Karl Jensen and Lisa Mary Hutchinson were sent to the lockup for smuggling a knife, drugs, and a McMuffin into the UK's Wormwood Scrubs prison. Maybe somebody still on the outside will toss a sandwich over the wall to help them pass the time. In a related story, at about the same time Larry Michael Webb and Holly ... MOREPrescribing Patients The Drugs They Want Is Not Murder
by Jacob Sullum. Last Friday a California jury convicted
Hsiu-Ying Tseng, a Rowland Heights physician, of second-degree murder
in connection with the deaths of three patients who overdosed on drugs
she prescribed. Local prosecutors say this is the first time a doctor
has been convicted of murder in the United States based on allegations
of ... MORERichard Juman: Why A Man Who Fought The Drug War For 30 Years Is Now Spearheading The Project To Stop It
Understanding Portugal's model. When it comes to the War on Drugs, there are few people in a better position to comment on the futility, brutality and tragedy of the endeavor than retired Major Neill Franklin. He spent over 30 years participating in, and directing, state and local police anti-drug efforts before retiring to become the ... MORE
Jacob Sullum: Prohibition Kills
Government bans make drugs more dangerous. Remember the guy who bought 80-proof vodka that turned out to be
190-proof Everclear and died from alcohol poisoning? Probably not,
because that sort of thing almost never happens in a legal drug market,
where merchants or manufacturers who made such a substitution, whether ... MOREThat $750 Generic Pill Is A Pure Artifact Of Regulation
by Walter Olson. As you probably know if you follow the news, a man named Martin Shkreli in charge of a startup firm called Turing Pharmaceuticals bought the rights to a drug called pyrimethamine (brand name Daraprim), used in the treatment of AIDS and malaria, and announced that he was jacking up its price from $13.60 to $750. ... MOREJacob Sullum: 5 Popular Drugs Scares Vs. Reality -- The Disconnect Between Drug Use And Public Alarm About It
Dangerous drug use is on the decline. Last year I noted the disconnect between rising public alarm about methamphetamine and falling rates of use. By 2005, when Newsweek identified "The Meth Epidemic" as "America's New Drug Crisis" in a sensational cover story, illicit methamphetamine use had been declining for years. A new ... MOREJ. D. Tucille: After Silk Road, Illicit Online Marketplaces For Drugs & Weapons Are Growing, With More To Come
Voluntary exchange without permission is innovating. Well, the online marketplace for illicit goods' competitors and
successors live, anyway. The original Silk Road and its operator were
taken down by the United States federal government in an over-the-top
campaign that featured stunningly corrupt federal agents. Beyond its ... MOREChris Ingraham: Portugal Decriminalized Drugs 14 years Ago – And Now Hardly Anyone Dies From Overdosing
The result of ending the drug war are in. Portugal decriminalised the use of all drugs in 2001. Weed, cocaine, heroin, you name it — Portugal decided to treat possession and use of small quantities of these drugs as a public health issue, not a criminal one. The drugs were still illegal, of course. But now getting caught with them meant a small fine ... MOREInnovation Vs Intervention In Health Care
by Veronique de Rugy. How can we produce better health for more people at a lower cost, year
after year? By lifting all the rules and barriers that prevent health
care innovators from bringing new lifesaving products to consumers and
force doctors to beg bureaucrats and insurance administrators for
permission to save lives. For years, free market ... MOREDamon Root: 5 Supreme Court Cases To Watch In June
High Court to rule on Obamacare, gay marriage and more. The Supreme Court's 2014-2015 term will soon reach its finale. By the
end of June, when the justices depart for their summer break, the Court
is expected to issue a series of blockbuster decisions, including
rulings on gay marriage, death penalty drugs, and Obamacare. Here are
five ... MORENew Narcotic Painkiller Rules Put The Hurt To Veterans
by Emily Wax-Thibodeaux. Frequent appointment requirements overwhelm the VA. New federal rules that make it harder to get narcotic painkillers are taking an unexpected toll on thousands of veterans who depend on these prescription drugs to treat a wide variety of ailments, such as missing limbs and post-traumatic stress. The restrictions, ... MOREJacob Sullum: 'Drugged' Drivers Who Aren't
What if the risk ratio is statistically insignificant? Last year, during a congressional
hearing on the threat posed by stoned drivers, a
representative of the National Highway Traffic Safety
Administration (NHTSA) was asked how many crash fatalities are
caused by marijuana each year. "That's difficult to say," replied
Jeff Michael, NHTSA's ... MORE
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