SocietyNews
Accounts claiming to represent Chinese drug manufacturers are using provocative images of women to advertise narcotics and fentanyl precursors on U.S. social media, according to… Read More
LawNews
The Supreme Court on Monday will consider the legality of OxyContin-maker Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy settlement, which shields the Sackler family—who built a multibillion-dollar fortune from… Read More
SocietyCommentary
There’s a price to be paid for bad policies divorced from human nature. The Associated Press reported Sunday that Oregon’s first-in-the-nation law to decriminalize hard… Read More
SocietyCommentary
When I graduated from Princeton in 1981, there were two things that I wanted to do: make my living as a writer and live in… Read More
SocietyNews
Health officials in San Francisco said Monday the number of people dying from drug overdoses is on its way to a record high, according to Fox… Read More
Health CareCommentary
This week, the Biden administration announced that Medicare would name some 10 prescription drugs it would subject to direct price negotiations. The drugs include Jardiance… Read More
Health CareCommentary
The Biden administration is expected to announce, by Sept. 1, the first 10 prescription drugs it will target in its newly authorized drug price “negotiation”… Read More
SocietyCommentary
It’s getting so lawless in San Francisco that government agencies are telling their employees to work from home. The Bay Area’s reputation for and encouragement… Read More
LawCommentary
“They call it dope for a reason,” anti-drug campaigns used to say. These public service campaigns were referring to the people who use drugs, but… Read More
SocietyCommentary
Xylazine—a tranquilizer approved as a sedative for veterinary medical use but not for any use in humans—is currently worsening the opioid crisis. Known on the… Read More
