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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...