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Tackling 'Very Unfair' Drug Penalties Could Help Trump Win: If He Wants Voters to Take Him Seriously, He Should Stop Pretending the Problem Has Been Solved Feb. 12, 2020
Donald Trump, who ran for president in 2016 on a "law and order" platform borrowed from Richard Nixo... Read More
Mexico's Drug Cartels Have More Than Earned Trump's 'Terrorist' Label Dec. 03, 2019
The "terrorist" label is a dangerous one because it very often serves to de-legitimize groups that h... Read More
Crack Is an Extremely Addictive, Dangerous Drug Mar. 07, 2019
DR. WALLACE: Please give me the straight story on crack cocaine, as I do not know anything about it.... Read More
Wise Parents Make Wise Decisions Jan. 26, 2019
DR. WALLACE: You once wrote that a parent should not choose a child's friends. But when a 14-year-ol... Read More
Romantic Feelings Fade Away Jan. 22, 2019
DR. WALLACE: I'm a 17-year-old varsity cheerleader who has strong feelings for the "young-at-heart" ... Read More
Cancer Death Rates Dramatically Decline Jan. 18, 2019
Reminders of progress made in advancing public health are always important to acknowledge, if only a... Read More
E-Cigarettes Fueling a Dangerous Turn in Tobacco Use Jan. 11, 2019
If you are currently serving in the military or you are a veteran, you are more likely to be a cigar... Read More
Teen Vaping Poses Future Risks Dec. 28, 2018
This year, an estimated 1.3 million teenagers became addicted to nicotine, according to a new study ... Read More
Punishing Patients Won't Reduce Opioid Deaths: A New Medicare Prescription Rule Will Aggravate Undertreatment of Pain Dec. 19, 2018
A patient with metastatic prostate cancer tried to kill himself after he could not get the medicatio... Read More
She Was Abused Emotionally Dec. 18, 2018
DR. WALLACE: One of my good friends left our town to live with her married sister and her brother-in... Read More
First, You Win the Argument Dec. 13, 2018
Tuesday's heated discussion among President Donald Trump, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Cali... Read More
William Barr's Never-Ending War: Trump's Nominee for Attorney General Is Apt to Encourage His Worst Instincts on Drug Policy Dec. 12, 2018
William Barr, Donald Trump's nominee for attorney general, believes the president has vast, unilater... Read More
You Are Not a Drug User Dec. 05, 2018
DR. WALLACE: I'm 18 and plan to join the military after I graduate from high school in June. I've ne... Read More
Fentanyl Is the Latest Deadly Twist in America's Continuing Opioid Epidemic Dec. 05, 2018
The opioid epidemic has a deadly new star: fentanyl, which is easier to overdose with than prescript... Read More
He Will Be Glad to Hear From You Nov. 21, 2018
DR. WALLACE: When I was 16, I met a guy named "Eric." He was very sweet to me. For my birthday, he g... Read More
Alarmist Nonsense Should Not Stop Sentencing Reform: Modest Changes in First Step Act Are No Threat to Public Safety Nov. 21, 2018
The federal sentencing reforms that Donald Trump endorsed last week could shorten the terms of 2,700... Read More
Restricting E-Cigarette Flavors Endangers Public Health: The FDA's Decree Will Make Vaping Less Appealing and Less Accessible to Smokers Interested in Switching Nov. 14, 2018
Critics of the vaping industry portray the flavors that the Food and Drug Administration wants to ba... Read More
Where Is the Plan to Ease the Pain? Nov. 09, 2018
Pain can take many forms. There is throbbing pain, stabbing pain, phantom pain, acute pain and chron... Read More
A Forbidden Remedy for Veterans' Nightmares May. 02, 2018
The emotional hangover from Nigel McCourry's seven months in Iraq as a U.S. Marine plagued him for y... Read More
Foreign Freeloading to Blame for High Drug Prices Feb. 14, 2018
Americans are suffering pharmaceutical sticker shock. But the remedy Democrats are backing — p... Read More
