The decision by the New Hampshire Board of Medicine suggests state officials are beginning to recognize the harm caused by the crackdown on pain pills.
Plus: an Arizona newspaper is beholden to prosecutors, and what does "economic freedom" mean to socialists?
Historian Jerry Z. Muller says we waste too much time fixating on measurements that lead us astray.
More evidence that the treatment for HIV infection also stops its spread.
Plus: Russian "spy" Maria Butina, Baton Rouge cops in blackface, good news for California sex workers, and a new FDA crackdown.
Michael Shermer, Ron Bailey, and Jim Epstein talk poverty-eradication, genomics, and blockchain at Reason's 50th anniversary celebration
Companies should be applauded, not criticized, for working to identify the genetic roots of diseases that afflict humanity.
Plus: Tumblr porn filters catch company's own examples of permitted content and how the GOP learned to love bailouts.
The FDA approved Epidiolex in June, and today the DEA made it a Schedule V drug, the least restrictive classification for controlled substances.
Rules and regulations intended to reform health care are driving private practices out of business by overconfident design.
In Bad Blood, Wall Street Journal reporter John Carreyrou explains why Silicon Valley's mystique makes suckers out of billionaires.
The doctors' lobby is right that the arbitrary rule is medically unsound and misconstrues the CDC's guidelines.
President expected to sign legislation allowing earlier access to experimental medication.
The former V.A. nominee was charged with distributing sleeping pills and stimulants that helped people do their jobs.
Taking a cue from the CDC, the proposed regulation imposes an arbitrary cap on opioid prescriptions.
Since responses to pain treatment vary widely, it is hazardous to draw broad conclusions from a single study.
Can the government prevent drug firms from telling patients true facts about the medicine they prescribe?
If we want to solve the doctor shortage, we should import more foreign physicians.
The attorney general thinks people should suffer needlessly, just like John Kelly.
When initial prescriptions are too short, refills are more likely.
While the risk of "opioid misuse" increased with the duration of the prescription, the overall rate was low.
The change would put D.C. in line with a rapidly rising number of states allowing pharmacist-prescribed oral contraceptives.
The DEA's investigation of Forest Tennant tries to criminalize differences of opinion about pain treatment.
Did a small number of complaints get used to punish bureaucracy-rejecting physician?
The panel wants to make prescription analgesics even harder to obtain.
The case for full legalization becomes stronger-and more politically acceptable-all the time.
Just because Congress can't fix health care doesn't mean it can't be done.
Senate approves bill giving some earlier access to treatment.
Dentists use political muscle and control of regulatory boards to limit competition. How many other licensed professionals do the same?
"I take the Hippocratic oath seriously that my job is to relieve pain and suffering," says Dr. Forest Tennant, a California pain specialist who patients from across the nation are flocking to see.
Assisted suicide, experimental medical treatments, and slippery slopes
What part of "First, Do No MORE Harm" do congressional Republicans not understand?
Not a radical reformer, but clearly understands how overregulation is slowing medical innovation
Cures for HIV/AIDS and specifically targeted antibiotics
Especially if it turns out to be valuable?
Here's hoping that we've not been born one generation too early.
Two new studies report experiments that successfully reverse aging
A live debate at the Soho Forum in New York City.
The right to armed self-defense is not a license to muzzle nosy doctors.
More than a 34 percent to 56 percent decrease in homicides attributed to the 911 systems
Good news: Cancer mortality rate has dropped from its peak of 215.1 (per 100,000 population) in 1991 to 166.4 in 2012.
Who wants to live to be a 100? Someone who is 99 years old. Especially if he feels like a 25 year-old.
A single dose of the banned psychedelic led to large and lasting psychological improvements.