When restricting medical opioid use, policymakers should consider the costs to patients’ autonomy and quality of life and to doctors’ ability to treat serious illnesses Government overregulation of prescription opioids harms high-impact pain…

Law enforcement agencies have had broad powers to pursue and punish opioid prescribers, but a recent Supreme Court decision offers some hope Government overregulation of prescription opioids harms high-impact pain patients. Image Credit: Catherine…

Starving a nation of resources has a long history in foreign policy, from ancient sieges of cities to modern economic sanctions. Sanctions can come in many forms: a unilateral trade embargo like the 1980 US grain embargo against the Soviet Union…

Government overregulation of prescription opioids harms high-impact pain patients. Image Credit: Catherine McQueen/Getty Images The number of accidental drug overdose fatalities crossed 100,000 in 2021, an increase of almost 15% over the previous…

Late in 2016, I went to what I expected to be a routine follow-up appointment with my neurologist for my intractable chronic migraine disease. Instead, I found that the neurologist I had been seeing for 15 years had abruptly left the practice and a…

Abstract The more than 30 million chronic pain patients use opioid pain medication safely when prescribed. The vast majority of overdose deaths are caused by street drugs, particularly illicit fentanyl analogs. Restrictions on prescription pain…

Despite their popularity among policymakers, targeted economic development subsidies don’t work as advertised. Indeed, the best evidence suggests that they actually undermine economic development, fiscal health, and good governance. History indicates…

Federal regulators often have good intentions when they propose new rules. However, at best, policymakers only consider the implications of each regulation on its own before it is implemented. They pay little attention to how the buildup of…

Recovery efforts in hurricane-torn Puerto Rico got a boost when the Department of Homeland Security granted a 10-day waiver of the Jones Act. With the waiver, foreign-flagged ships can transport essential supplies, including fuel, to the territory.…

The Merchant Marine Act of 1920, also known as the Jones Act, forms the basis of much of existing regulation of the US shipping industry. The Passenger Vessel Safety Act of 1993 (PVSA) and similar legislation have also contributed to increases in…

The assembly during the opening of a World Trade Organization Public Forum. The multilateral trade group, which seeks lower trade barriers around the world, is a better place to negotiate deals than in two-way talks between nations, writes trade…

As is the case with every outgoing administration, the Obama administration is rushing to push through a flood of regulations in its final days. In response, congressional lawmakers are increasingly turning to the reviewing procedure under the…

A change in administration in Washington is the time to address the growing bipartisan disapproval of the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) corporate settlement practices. These settlements often involve fines in the billions of dollars and can subject…

International trade is particularly vulnerable to the influence of special interest groups. It seems like it's always Groundhog Day when it comes to international trade treaties. Just when it looked like the long-delayed Comprehensive Economic and…

Economic growth and job creation are top policy objectives in Washington. Yet repeated attempts to achieve these aims—including hundreds of billions spent in the name of economic “stimulus” and a host of ostensibly pro-growth tax breaks—have all had…

Federal regulators often have good intentions when they propose new rules. However, at best, policymakers only consider the implications of each regulation on its own before it is implemented. They pay little attention to how the buildup of…