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February 26, 2020|Johnson and Johnson, Multi-District Litigation, Opioid Crisis, tort law

Opioid Litigation Is not the Cure for the Disease

by Margaret A. Little|

Image: Steve Heap/Shutterstock.com
This unchecked mass tort deal making has bulldozed legal process into a forum for mass settlements at the cost of legitimacy.

October 28, 2019|Johnson and Johnson, negligence, Opioid Crisis, tort law

Assigning Blame in the Opioid Crisis

by Theodore Dalrymple|

State's attorney Brad Beckworth speaks during closing statements during the opioid trial at the Cleveland County Courthouse in Norman, Okla. on Monday, July 15, 2019. The proceeding are the first public trial to emerge from roughly 2,000 U.S. lawsuits aimed at holding drug companies accountable for the nation's opioid crisis. (Chris Landsberger/The Oklahoman via AP, Pool)
Was Johnson and Johnson either uniquely or principally responsible for the epidemic of opioid abuse and death by overdose in Oklahoma, or elsewhere?

June 13, 2019|American Overdose, Chris McGreal, Opioid Crisis

Opioids in America: Signs and Symptoms of Malfeasance

by Theodore Dalrymple|

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As for who is responsible for this scourge, there’s plenty of blame to go around, not excluding those who have become addicted to opioids.

March 25, 2019|Alex Berenson, marijuana legalization, Opioid Crisis, Tell Your Children

Myths About Marijuana: Intoxicating But Untrue

by Rachel Lu|

(image: Mitch M / shutterstock.com)
North America is becoming the pot capital of the world even as other countries are developing more sensible drug policies.

February 1, 2018|Judge Dan Polster, multidistrict litigation, Opioid Crisis, regulation by litigation

Straight Dope on the Opioid Crisis

by Margaret A. Little|

Oxycodone. Steve Heap/Shutterstock.com
Courtesy of the judiciary, the American public may soon pay for a billion-dollar wealth transfer from the pharmaceutical industry to state and local government.

November 27, 2017|

The Opioid Epidemic and Drug Legalization: Robert VerBruggen Replies to His Critics

by Robert VerBruggen|

In response to: What the Opioid Crisis Can Teach Us about the War on Drugs

My Liberty Forum essay contended that America’s experiment with easily available opioid painkillers was an indication of what might happen if we legalized drugs completely: a shocking and intolerable increase in overdose deaths. I suggested that, instead, we might push to A) focus the punitive aspects of the War on Drugs on dealers rather than users, as we already do to a large extent; and B) work to expand access to treatment, especially medications that satisfy users’ cravings.

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Psychoactive Drugs in Light of Libertarian Principles

by Jonathan Caulkins

Psychoactive drugs collectively nonetheless belong to a small class of products that merit a carve-out from libertarian principles.

Legalizing Opioids Would Dramatically Reduce Overdoses

by Jeffrey Miron

Prohibition makes opioids more dangerous because it forces the market underground, which inhibits normal quality control.

Contra Criminalization

by Andrew I. Cohen

The problems, then, go much deeper than the use and abuse of this particular class of drug.

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here

by David Murray

Confronting a litany of harms from the use of a dangerous substance, he finds the fault not in ourselves, nor the substance, but rather in our laws.

November 22, 2017|

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here

by David Murray|

In response to: What the Opioid Crisis Can Teach Us about the War on Drugs

Confronting a litany of harms from the use of a dangerous substance, he finds the fault not in ourselves, nor the substance, but rather in our laws.

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Psychoactive Drugs in Light of Libertarian Principles

by Jonathan Caulkins

Psychoactive drugs collectively nonetheless belong to a small class of products that merit a carve-out from libertarian principles.

Legalizing Opioids Would Dramatically Reduce Overdoses

by Jeffrey Miron

Prohibition makes opioids more dangerous because it forces the market underground, which inhibits normal quality control.

Contra Criminalization

by Andrew I. Cohen

The problems, then, go much deeper than the use and abuse of this particular class of drug.

The Opioid Epidemic and Drug Legalization: Robert VerBruggen Replies to His Critics

by Robert VerBruggen

Being mugged by reality is never fun, especially regarding so grave a topic as drug addiction.

November 21, 2017|

Contra Criminalization

by Andrew I. Cohen|

In response to: What the Opioid Crisis Can Teach Us about the War on Drugs

The problems, then, go much deeper than the use and abuse of this particular class of drug.

More Responses

Psychoactive Drugs in Light of Libertarian Principles

by Jonathan Caulkins

Psychoactive drugs collectively nonetheless belong to a small class of products that merit a carve-out from libertarian principles.

Legalizing Opioids Would Dramatically Reduce Overdoses

by Jeffrey Miron

Prohibition makes opioids more dangerous because it forces the market underground, which inhibits normal quality control.

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here

by David Murray

Confronting a litany of harms from the use of a dangerous substance, he finds the fault not in ourselves, nor the substance, but rather in our laws.

The Opioid Epidemic and Drug Legalization: Robert VerBruggen Replies to His Critics

by Robert VerBruggen

Being mugged by reality is never fun, especially regarding so grave a topic as drug addiction.

November 14, 2017|

Legalizing Opioids Would Dramatically Reduce Overdoses

by Jeffrey Miron|

In response to: What the Opioid Crisis Can Teach Us about the War on Drugs

Prohibition makes opioids more dangerous because it forces the market underground, which inhibits normal quality control.

More Responses

Psychoactive Drugs in Light of Libertarian Principles

by Jonathan Caulkins

Psychoactive drugs collectively nonetheless belong to a small class of products that merit a carve-out from libertarian principles.

Contra Criminalization

by Andrew I. Cohen

The problems, then, go much deeper than the use and abuse of this particular class of drug.

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here

by David Murray

Confronting a litany of harms from the use of a dangerous substance, he finds the fault not in ourselves, nor the substance, but rather in our laws.

The Opioid Epidemic and Drug Legalization: Robert VerBruggen Replies to His Critics

by Robert VerBruggen

Being mugged by reality is never fun, especially regarding so grave a topic as drug addiction.

November 7, 2017|

Psychoactive Drugs in Light of Libertarian Principles

by Jonathan Caulkins|

In response to: What the Opioid Crisis Can Teach Us about the War on Drugs

Psychoactive drugs collectively nonetheless belong to a small class of products that merit a carve-out from libertarian principles.

More Responses

Legalizing Opioids Would Dramatically Reduce Overdoses

by Jeffrey Miron

Prohibition makes opioids more dangerous because it forces the market underground, which inhibits normal quality control.

Contra Criminalization

by Andrew I. Cohen

The problems, then, go much deeper than the use and abuse of this particular class of drug.

Don’t Make Anti-Opioid Laws the Villain Here

by David Murray

Confronting a litany of harms from the use of a dangerous substance, he finds the fault not in ourselves, nor the substance, but rather in our laws.

The Opioid Epidemic and Drug Legalization: Robert VerBruggen Replies to His Critics

by Robert VerBruggen

Being mugged by reality is never fun, especially regarding so grave a topic as drug addiction.
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Book Reviews

A Mirror of the 20th-Century Congress

by Joseph Postell

Wright undermined the very basis of his local popularity—the decentralized nature of the House—by supporting reforms that gave power to the party leaders.

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The Graces of Flannery O'Connor

by Henry T. Edmondson III

O'Connor's correspondence is a goldmine of piercing insight and startling reflections on everything from literature to philosophy to raising peacocks.

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Liberty Classics

Rereading Politica in the Post-Liberal Moment

by Glenn A. Moots

Althusius offers a rich constitutionalism that empowers persons to thrive alongside one another in deliberate communities.

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James Fenimore Cooper and the American Experiment

by Melissa Matthes

In The American Democrat, James Fenimore Cooper defended democracy against both mob rule and majority tyranny.

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Podcasts

Stuck With Decadence

A discussion with Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat discusses with Richard Reinsch his new book The Decadent Society.

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Can the Postmodern Natural Law Remedy Our Failing Humanism?

A discussion with Graham McAleer

Graham McAleer discusses how postmodern natural law can help us think more coherently about human beings and our actions.

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Did the Civil Rights Constitution Distort American Politics?

A discussion with Christopher Caldwell

Christopher Caldwell discusses his new book, The Age of Entitlement.

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America, Land of Deformed Institutions

A discussion with Yuval Levin

Yuval Levin pinpoints that American alienation and anger emerges from our weak political, social, and religious institutions.

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