Fentanyl

"I cut it twice and it's still too short" is an old carpenter's joke about persistence coupled with incompetence. It's a pretty good joke.

It's a new year, but we're the same old ACSH. While everyone else was out partying and celebrating, we were busy debunking junk and spreading the good word about science. This year is already off to a great start.

ACSH friend Dr. Vanila Singh, the former Chief Medical Officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health at the U.S.

Sometimes a picture does say so much more than words.

Dr. Jeffrey Singer's piece originally appeared on the Cato Institute website. It is being reprinted with permission. 

US drug policy is just plain nuts.

In 2016 I testified at an FDA hearing about the "opioid crisis," which was starting to make its way into the news in a big way.

 

The Rand Corporation just released their study on the opioid crisis. Everything that follows our their words, gently edited and slightly rearranged. No facts or conclusions were harmed in this production.

Reprinted with permission of the author and the Cato Institute. Dr.