Prescription medication

Judge rules Plan B must be available to all without a prescription

Health & Medicine

A federal judge handed a victory to women’s health advocates, saying that the federal government erred when it overruled a panel of scientists who recommended that Plan B One-Step be made available to women of all ages. He gave the government 30 days to change its policies.

New book tells story of ‘medication generation’ — 20-something with years on prescription drugs

Health & Medicine

Prescription Drugs

Health & Medicine
The World

Drug czar on Ciudad Juarez, black market for prescription drugs

Global Politics
The World

Painkillers: Should Vicodin and Percocet Be Banned?

Global Politics
The World

Obama’s Drug Czar on Fighting Illegal and Legal Drugs

Global Politics

President Obama’s drug czar Gil Kerlikowski talks to The Takeaway about fighting drug cartels and the need for public education about the dangers of prescription painkillers.