Alcohol
Carolina Dreamin'
A German immigrant opens a brew pub on Roanoke Island--and lives to tell the tale.
Drug Trial
Is "medicalization" the first step in ending the drug war? Or just the next step in continuing it? Jacob Sullum lays out the "public health" issues and a panel of experts responds.
Fine Wines and Wine Fines
Restrictions on interstate sales of alcoholic beverages turn oenophiles into smugglers.
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.
Youth Appeal
Self-appointed Web watchers are worried that virtual smoking and drinking might lead to the real thing.
Sick of It All
People with "multiple chemical sensitivity" are definitely suffering. The question is, Why?
Smoke Alarm
This weed will make you stupid, unemployable, and lethargic. Now it's pot. It used to be tobacco.
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
Interview with the Vamp
Why Camille Paglia hates affirmative action, defends Rush Limbaugh, and respects Ayn Rand
Smoking: Put That in Your Pipe
As an act of rebellion against political correctness, pipe smoking is hard to beat.
Mind Alteration: An Interview with Ethan Nadelmann
Drug-policy scholar Ethan Nadelmann on turning people against drug prohibition