Policy & Ethics

When Mark Ibsen, MD, spoke as a panelist in the Cato online event “Pain Refugees: Collateral Damage in the War on Drugs” last December, he had no idea that represe

A version of this article was originally published in 2016.

I recently attended a showing of Oscar-nominated short films.

Last month I wrote about the possibility that naloxone – the only opioid overdose antidote – may no longer work because of carfentanil-laced street drugs.

As a physician, I know how convoluted and complex navigating a patient seeking care in our health system can be.

Which has priority, Individual Rights or Collective Needs?

There remains little doubt that an increase in the price of sugar-sweetened beverages, SSB, results in fewer purchases.

Recent reports document the surging popularity of the “medical freedom” movement, which believes public health regulations interfere with their mantra of “my body, my choice.” This translates into self-serving anti-vax stances, opposition to

Article 6 of our Constitution establishes the supremacy of federal law over that of the States, a change from the Articles of Confederation. It also defines the oaths that members of our three branches take upon assuming office.