A neuroscientist recalls how a host of substances took over his life and how, at last, he learned to impose new patterns of thought and behavior.

Since there is no demand for dangerous medicine, international action has a far greater chance of success than the war against narcotics.

Charlie Sheen succeeded at turning his own debasement into a national pseudo-event by calling the very definition of losing “winning.” And that’s what 2011 was all about: pretending to be winning while really losing.

The liberal reaction to Paul Ryan's budget plan makes it evident that liberals are more terrified than they've been since Jack Kemp (one of Ryan's mentors) advanced supply-side economics back in the late 1970s.

The pharmaceutical drug OxyContin is a potent pain reliever, often the only help for hundreds of thousands of patients who suffer serious, relentless pain. The drug has recently been in the spotlight for its use as a street narcotic, sold on the black market and responsible for addiction and overdose...

This report describes the extent of its counternarcotics progressand cooperation.

OxyContin, which offers relief to patients with searing, prolonged agony due to diseases such as cancer, neurological illness and degenerative discs, is getting a bad rap.

The latest bad rap for OxyContin threatens to inflict more pain on those who truly benefit from the drug.