Can Laws Be Medicines?

During a 5-year span between 1970 and 1975, 29 states in the United States lowered the legal age for drinking alcohol from 21 to 18, 19, or 20. Advocates for changing the minimum age noted that a person old enough to vote or fight in a war was old enough to drink. Those against it … Read more

Doctors Fight Tobacco Takeover of Inhaled Medicines

Jan. 21, 2022 — A tobacco giant has stepped into the health care business, and respiratory specialists are doing their best to thwart the move. The Forum of International Respiratory Societies, which has 70,000 members worldwide, has served “official notice” that its organizations and members “cannot condone” working with any firm “wholly owned by a … Read more