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May 23, 2013 10:11 AM Should Very Young Children Be Taking Stimulants?

The use of psychiatric medications with young children has increased greatly in the US over the last 25 years, including 0.3% of US children under 6 (perhaps 100,000 kids) who take stimulants such as Ritalin. These children are given these...

By Bill Gardner

May 17, 2013 8:35 AM Unravelling the Roots of the Upsurge of Criminal Violence in Mexico

Illegal drug trafficking is not inherently violent. The horrific surge of violence that began in Mexico in 2006 thus requires some specific explanation.The most common account is that when President Calderon turned the force of the state on to organized...

By Keith Humphreys

February 05, 2013 10:11 AM The Cost of Contraception

I think Kevin Drum – about the smartest blogger, or journalist of any description, now working – makes a mistake from time to time just to keep the rest of us on our toes. He’s right that the latest Administration...

By Mark Kleiman

January 30, 2013 2:01 PM Health Oriented Drug Policy Under President Obama

The abstract of my new paper in the Journal of Drug Policy Analysis: This paper reviews the first three years of drug policy in the Obama Administration, focusing in particular on whether policy has been and will continue to be...

By Keith Humphreys

January 08, 2013 8:32 AM Physicians and Brand Name Drugs

I’ve often put forth my belief that one easy way we could reduce spending is to stop paying for things that don’t work, or more for things that don’t work any better than cheaper alternatives. One easy way to start...

By Aaron Carroll