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 ...

    CBP Rolls Out Mildly Surprising Workforce Naloxone Policy

    Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has implemented its first internal policy covering staff access ...