Maybe Doctors Shouldn't Need the Government's Permission To Fight Coronavirus
Plus: Trump wants to bail out airlines, and he called COVID-19 the "Chinese virus."
Plus: Trump wants to bail out airlines, and he called COVID-19 the "Chinese virus."
From relaxed TSA rules to speedy FDA approvals, the coronavirus is forcing authorities to admit many of their regulations are unnecessary.
Despite the slow-growing anxieties and government incompetence, expect Americans to be resilient in fighting the pandemic.
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary wants mandatory quarantines and a "digital Dunkirk" rescue operation.
The biotech entrepreneur and Silicon Valley visionary calls for a "digital Dunkirk" to fix government failure and preserve future freedoms.
FDA and CDC bureaucrats stopped private and academic diagnostic tests from being deployed.
The label changes include new font along with pointless and misleading information.
For now, the FDA is targeting the vaping products that are most popular with teenagers. But the industry still faces a potentially devastating regulatory deadline.
In response to intense opposition from vapers and the industry, the Trump administration has recalibrated its plan.
E-cigarettes are under attack, but they are a safer way to consume nicotine than conventional smoking, says Jacob Sullum.
Targeting CBD companies that make spurious health claims is one thing. Going after culinary experimentation is ridiculous.
In the panic to ban and regulate electronic cigarettes, media and politicians are ignoring the benefits of vaping.
The court was correct to reject most of the arguments, but was too dismissive of the First Amendment concerns.
A new review essay in Science warns of the dangers of prohibitionist thinking
Even if the FDA does not ban flavors, its regulations will soon drive most vaping businesses and products from the market.
CTPharma's collaboration with Yale researchers seems to be the first clinical trial involving U.S.-grown marijuana that is not supplied by the federal government.
Raw butterists are understandably salty about a prohibition on interstate commerce.
The distinction the presidential adviser draws between e-cigarettes and other vaping devices contradicts the FDA's understanding of its authority.
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The ban's supporters falsely claim that "a whole generation of young people" is "addicted to these products."
A new poll suggests it does—and campaign officials agree, leading the administration to consider exempting more flavors.
The FDA finally has agreed to allow a mild statement about the relative hazards of snus and cigarettes.
The company says it will sell only tobacco, mint, and menthol pods unless and until the FDA officially approves other varieties.
Democratic legislators ignore the tremendous harm-reducing potential of smoke-free nicotine delivery.
Vague lung disease warnings tar harm-reducing e-cigarettes while obscuring the role of black-market cannabis products.
A new study indicates that heavy vaping remains rare among teenagers who don't smoke.
Federal drug prohibition played a big role in creating the opioid crisis. Unfortunately, the government is also slowing the spread of one possible solution to it.
Citing respiratory diseases associated with black-market THC products, the state is banning legal e-cigarettes that are far less hazardous than the conventional kind.
Contrary to the evidence, public health officials and journalists continue to link the recent outbreak of respiratory illnesses with legal e-cigarettes.
Supervisor Shamann Walton thinks he can use restrictions on commercial speech to suppress political speech.
If that confusion drives vapers back to smoking or discourages others from making the switch, it will have deadly consequences.
The real "public health crisis" is not underage vaping but the one that Michigan, New York, and the FDA are about to create.
Banning the flavors that former smokers overwhelmingly prefer is a strange way to protect public health.
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo and other prohibitionists continue to conflate the two issues.
As the popularity of e-cigarettes has exploded, smoking rates among high school students have reached record lows.
By dramatically reducing the harm-reducing alternatives to conventional cigarettes, the plan is likely to result in more smoking-related disease and death.
Among patients in Illinois and Wisconsin, 83 percent admitted vaping cannabis extracts bought on the black market.
The findings reinforce the suspicion that patients' symptoms are caused largely by additives or contaminants in black-market THC products.
While the specific causes remain unclear, contaminants and adulterants in illegal vapes look like the most likely explanation.
What do respiratory conditions in people who vaped black-market cannabis extracts tell us about the hazards of Juul?
That's the opposite of the fear underlying the FDA's crackdown on e-cigarettes.
Ursula Wing sold abortion drugs to U.S. customers and is now charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
The same federal agency that has led a crackdown on vaping is now trying to make smoking even less appealing.
The FDA Opioid Labeling Accuracy Act would aggravate the widespread problem of involuntary dose reductions and patient abandonment.
Cannabidiol products are legal for sale and consumption, but adding it to other things is somehow forbidden.
LaCroix's parent company failed to get the special permission slip required by Massachusetts regulators.
The sale of cannabidiol-infused food and drink is still against the law, even as entrepreneurs flout those restrictions across the country.
Restrictionists once again discover that draconian rules aren’t enough to overcome people unwilling to obey.