opioid crisis

In a recent Cato blog post, I discussed several factors that may be contributing to the current and welcome drop in overdose deaths.

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently reported that overdose deaths during the 12-month period ending in December 2025 declined by 13.9

For a decade now, the so-called “opioid crisis” has been framed almost entirely in one narrative direction. We were made aware, and rightly so, of overdose deaths, pill mills, and other forms of reckless and irresponsible prescribing.

A recent Washington Post column by Charles Fain Lehman and Kevin Sabet claims that current data prove s

Another, more potent synthetic opioid has begun appearing in forensic laboratories: cychlorphine.

At first glance, drug law enforcement and drug resistance seem to have nothing whatsoever in common. One involves microbes evolving in hospitals and laboratories; the other involves law enforcement trying to disrupt the illicit drug trade.

Purdue Pharma recently reached a $7.4 billion settlement with all 50 states and the Di

I've written about nonsense like this before, yet it still lives to plague us. 

Overdose deaths from opioids are down over the last year, opioid prescriptions have plummeted by 44% in the last decade, National settlements have been reached with Janssen, Cardinal, McKesson, AmerisourceBergen, Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens, Wa

Let's give the DEA and FDA a (Bronx) cheer (1). They continue to amaze. What they may lack in common sense they make up through diversity. As in "They can sure screw up a diverse set of problems."