Policy & Ethics

ACSH is pleased to announce that Dr. Lynn Webster has joined our Board of Scientific Advisors. A nationally recognized expert in pain medicine and addiction, he brings deep clinical and research expertise to the organization.

Join Cameron English and Dr. Chuck Dinerstein on the Science Dispatch podcast as they discuss:

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 movement is underway to classify heavy social media use as a form of addiction. Advocacy groups, plaintiffs’ attorneys, and a growing number of lawmakers are treating the proposition as settled science.

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

For those who question Andrew Kolodny’s grasp of drugs and pharmacology, his latest op-ed

Earth Day is back, and that means reporters and influencers are doing two things: chastising everybody to lead "greener" lifestyles and predicting certain doom unless we confess our planetary sins and promise to better protect the

In a recent comment to an article on an ACSH article titled “Can a ‘Supero

Physicians and Their First Amendment Rights Under Pressure

As we recently argued, the American healthcare system’s structure of open-ended reimbursement, subjective diagnostic cri