The ongoing opioid crisis is by far the biggest public health crisis that America is currently facing. North Carolina is not immune to the wide-reaching effects of this crisis. According…
It can't make Carolina cold and allergy sufferers feel any better to know that, while they're stymied in purchasing effective over-the-counter treatment, rogue chemists are staying ahead of policymakers trying…
I’m sorry. I can’t help but see the camel’s nose choomin’ in the tent. The Mountain Xpress gave us an article to guide us in learning about weed as an…
A legislative study committee is recommending that North Carolina become the third state to require a prescription to buy cold medicine that contains pseudophedrine. The argument is that similar laws…
I’m fighting a terrible cold right now. Between sneezes and coughs, I’ve been reading Jon Sanders’ column about the latest idea to force me to visit a doctor to get…
My latest newsletter discusses why requiring a prescription for OTC cold medication won’t be effective against meth, but will make treating symptoms even more difficult for cold and allergy sufferers.…
View in your browser. The Associated Press is reporting, “NC lawmakers to consider tougher laws on meth.” That’s intriguing news because this year saw new, tougher laws on meth, and…
That’s why economics professor Art Carden argues in this Forbes piece that it is time to end the war on drugs.
That’s my alternate headline for this story. I wonder what Locke alumnus Paul Messino thinks about the issue.
Writing in Dunn’s Daily Record, Karen Palasek described the unintended consequences of the new law that will put pseudoephedrine behind pharmacy counters by explaining there are short and long-term effects…
North Carolina lawmakers should be ashamed of themselves getting swept up in the mindless meth panic. Banning cold medicine from store shelves across the state is a gross overreaction to…
I admit I haven’t been following the “meth crisis” much, but the bill before the General Assembly is much scarier than any drug–even one with horror stories about instant addiction…