Public Health
Public Health As an Alternative to the War on Drugs
Delivered at the Drug Policy Foundation's 11th International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, October 17, 1997.
Let's Make a Deal
As the proposed tobacco settlement heads to Congress, the anti-smoking movement is divided over whether it's a good deal after all. A guide to the players, the alliances they've established, and who hopes to get what.
Polluted Science
New air pollution regulations based on questionable science and creative economic analysis could cost billions and change the way Americans mow their lawns, heat their homes, clean their clothes, and barbecue their burgers. Can Congress stop this regulatory power grab?
Prescription: Drugs
When California and Arizona overwhelmingly passed initiatives allowing the medical use of marijuana, drug warriors were apoplectic. What do these measures mean?
Alcohol: Getting Wetter?
There are signs of a healthy shift away from hostility toward alcohol in the United States.
What the Doctor Orders
By treating risky behavior like a communicable disease, the public health establishment invites government to meddle in our private lives.
On Campus: Purging Bingeing
Students will always drink, but colleges can try to control the consequences.
A Confederacy of Boobs
How special interests, assorted ideologues, and a sensationalist press torpedoed breast implants-and now threaten other medical devices
Prescription Remedies
A broad coalition of deregulators is gearing up to reform the FDA. How far will they go?
What Causes AIDS?: The Debate Continues
Responses to our June cover story, and a rebuttal by Charles A. Thomas Jr., Kary B. Mullis, and Phillip E. Johnson
Mind Alteration: An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug-policy scholar Ethan Nadelmann on turning people against drug prohibition
What Causes AIDS?
Scientists have serious doubts about the official theory linking HIV and AIDS.
A Free Market in Drugs
Seventh International Conference on Drug Policy Reform, Washington, D.C.
Inside Ronald Reagan
A REASON Interview: "I don't believe in a government that protects us from ourselves."