Over-the-Counter Birth Control Bill Launched by Senate Republicans
It would fast-track FDA review of applications to free the pill from prescriptions and let people use health savings accounts for non-Rx drugs.
Prescription Drugs
Ketamine-Based Antidepressant Nasal Spray Gets FDA Greenlight: Reason Roundup
Plus: Trump backtracks on Syria and the NSA promotes its cellphone charging services.
Over-the-Counter Contraception Is Immensely Popular. But Democrats Have Doomed It.
In 2019, it's liberals, not conservatives, who are holding the pill hostage for political gain.
Importing Prescription Drugs From Canada Could Save Vermonters $5 Million a Year—Or Nothing At All
Either way, it won't address the factors driving up prescription drug costs for American consumers.
Sen. Warren Has a Plan to Socialize Pharmaceuticals: Reason Roundup
Plus: Tumblr porn filters catch company's own examples of permitted content and how the GOP learned to love bailouts.
Another Republican Capitulation on Health Care
The White House plans to import foreign prescription-drug socialism to the United States.
New Restrictions on Vaping, Trans Fats, Food Labeling in FDA Commissioner's Agenda: Reason Roundup
On the upside, agency promises to review over-the-counter drug rules, approve more new drugs, and liberate French dressing.
Subsidies and Price Controls Aren't the Answer to Skyrocketing Prescription Drug Prices
Prescription drugs are getting more and more expensive thanks to the needlessly complex interplay of intellectual property, public funding, and FDA regulation.
Trump Blasts Pfizer for High Drug Prices
The president attacks Pfizer for a recent round of price increases but ignores the real reasons for the high prices.
The Government's Cure for the Opioid Epidemic May Be Worse Than the Disease
When the cure for the "epidemic" proves worse than the disease, it's time to try something new.
Nevada Records Show 'Opioid-Related' Deaths Usually Involve Illicit Drugs or Mixtures
Deaths attributed solely to pain pills are rare in Clark County.
Opioid Death Rates Are Not Correlated With Prescription Rates Across States
More reason to doubt that pain pill restrictions will save lives
Walmart's 7-Day Opioid Prescription Limit Is Medically Unsound and Could Backfire
Like state legislators, the chain is taking its cue from the CDC's guidelines.
Criticism of Ronny Jackson Highlights Anxiety About Performance-Enhancing Drugs
The former V.A. nominee was charged with distributing sleeping pills and stimulants that helped people do their jobs.
Happy 20th Birthday to Viagra, the Accidental Boner Pill That Changed America
Bob Dole's magical pill changed the way Americans think about sickness and treatment.
America's War on Pain Pills Is Killing Addicts and Leaving Patients in Agony
The government's efforts to get between people and the drugs they want have not prevented drug use, but they have made it more dangerous.
Trump and Trial Lawyers Target Drug Companies Over Opioid Addiction
Making drug-company shareholders foot the bill for a public health crisis is flaky and counterproductive.
Congress Has Failed (Yet Again) to Close the Martin Shkreli Loophole
Restricted distribution is a barrier to generic competition.
D.C. Deregulates Birth Control…and Dooms It With Obamacare Add-Ons
The change would put D.C. in line with a rapidly rising number of states allowing pharmacist-prescribed oral contraceptives.
Are Canadian Pharmacies the Solution to America's High Prescription Drug Prices?
The prospect of cheap Canadian meds is once again captivating policymakers.
The Justice Department's New Opioid 'Tools' Are All About Escalating the Drug War
Expect more raids and more arrests.
N.H. Can't Monitor This Elderly Doc's Painkiller Prescriptions, and Now They're Shutting Her Down
Did a small number of complaints get used to punish bureaucracy-rejecting physician?
Most Drug Expiration Dates Are Bogus, and the FDA Knows It
At the government's behest, hospitals trash nearly a billion dollars worth of perfectly safe and effective medicines every year.
Beware, Pain-Sufferers: Jeff Sessions Is Coming for Your Doctor
A new push to imprison those who prescribe too many opioids
'Kratom Is the Cure for the Opioid Epidemic.' Q&A With Filmmaker Chris Bell
Yet the DEA wants to ban it.
Poor White Americans Are Dying of Despair
In contrast, the mortality rate for college-educated whites continues to fall.
President Trump: Pharmaceutical Price Controls Are a Bad Idea
Americans would save some money now, but at the long-run cost of sicker and shorter lives
Death Rate for Young White Americans Is Rising Instead of Falling
An estimated 111,000 excess premature deaths occurred in white individuals between 1999 and 2014
Pill-Induced Abortions on the Rise in America. Why That's a Good Thing
At Planned Parenthood clinics, 43 percent of all abortions are now drug-induced, not surgical.
EpiPens and Government Cheese
Some things won't change no matter who wins the 2016 election.
Opioid Maker Donates to Help Halt Marijuana Legalization in Arizona
As if fentanyl's public relations aren't bad enough.
Want to Reduce the Price of EpiPens? Approve Some Competition!
Capitalism isn't to blame. It's the exact opposite.
'Opioid Epidemic' Myths
Prescription painkillers are not as deadly or as addictive as commonly claimed.
White House Drug Czar Pushes For More Spending on 'Access' to Opioid Addiction Treatment
Following hour long town hall pushing opioid use hysteria
Where Will Opioid Panic Lead? How About Regulating Your Access to Diarrhea Medication?
Meanwhile: The hunt is on to find somebody to blame for Prince's death.
Prince's Death Being Used to Sell Painkiller Panic
Is there any way to stop the abuse of the word 'epidemic'?
Assault Charges for Pregnant Drug Users Set to Stop in Tennessee
Around 100 women have been charged under the 2014 law so far.
Physicians Face Moral Dilemma In Conscription on War on Drugs
In the government's new war on opiates, physicians and their patients find themselves caught in the crossfire.
No Opiates for the Masses?
A push to fight painkiller abuse may do more harm than good.
CDC Prescription Guidelines Will Leave More Patients in Pain and Drive More Addicts to Heroin
To shrink the supply of opioids, the agency encourages doctors to be suspicious and stingy.
Cruz, Like Trump, Plans to Stop Heroin With a Wall
The Texas senator says "we will end this deluge of drugs" by securing the border.
Missouri May Free Birth-Control Pills From Doctor's Prescription
Another GOP-led bill to decouple birth-control pills from doctors shows contraception is losing luster in the culture wars.
Good News! Death Rate Increase for Middle-Aged White Americans Is Lower Than First Thought
But even after adjustment, the death rate trend for white middle-aged American women is still rising
CDC to Women: Don't Drink. Or Take Antidepressants. Or Forget Your Folic Acid. Or Treat Pain.
The new guidelines on alcohol consumption for young women are silly, but the CDC has been issuing similar rules for years.