In Theory

Forcing doctors to check prescription histories could help ease the opioid crisis.

Research suggests that there's not much difference between men and women in terms of aggression.

Given the heated rhetoric already, there's little chance the event isn't seen as anti-administration.

Past Topics

What is the most important feature of democratic government?

Are consumers too removed from the drug market?

Why didn't Hillary Clinton's brand of feminism mobilize female voters?

We might be greatly overblowing our fears that science is broken.

Let's skip the age requirements while we're at it.

And it's a threat to consumers.

But the changes needed might not be what Republicans have in mind.

Immigration policy can have health effects on the Hispanic population -- even among those here legally.

The evidence on whether vaping reduces smoking is hazy.

A Q&A with economist Alex Tabarrok on international drug reciprocity.