Drugs + Money
Governments “Hate” Big Tobacco—Yet Hand Them the Nicotine Market
Around the world, politicians love to stand behind a podium, look solemnly into a ...
Judge Rejects Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Lawsuit Request to Address OD Crisis
A judge has rejected Baltimore’s request for $5.2 billion in abatement money in a ...
The Golden Age of Doctor-Shopping
In 2012, right before prescription drug-monitoring programs (PDMP) shut everything down, I was seeing ...
Walgreens Settles DOJ Prescription Opioid Lawsuit, Likely at $350 Million
Walgreens, the nation’s second-largest pharmacy chain, will pay $300 million plus 4 percent interest ...
Michael Bloomberg Won His Vietnam War on Vaping
Vietnam has a big-time smoking problem. A huge proportion of men, particularly—44.3 percent, by ...
Mexico’s Lawsuit Against US Gunmakers Reaches Supreme Court
Do gun manufacturers in the United States bear responsibility for thousands of murders by ...
“It’s Very Real”—Harm Reduction Research Facing DOGE Funding Cuts
As Elon Musk and his Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) take a chainsaw to federal ...
Utah Sues Pharmacy Benefit Managers for “Central Role” in Opioid OD Crisis
Utah is suing two of the nation’s top pharmacy benefit managers (PBM), the companies ...
Baltimore’s $5.2 Billion Opioid Lawsuit Now in the Hands of One Judge
A Baltimore judge will soon decide the fate of a landmark opioid lawsuit. The ...
CBP Rolls Out Mildly Surprising Workforce Naloxone Policy
Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented its first internal policy covering staff access ...
