Sally L. Satel
Washington Monthly
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How Rochelle Walensky Can Improve the CDC's Pain Guidelines
The agency has issued draft guidance on opioid prescribing. It’s an improvement over a 2016 version that left too many patients in pain—but the director needs to make it even better. → Read More
The Opioids Crisis: Don’t Punish Pain Patients To Treat Opioid Addiction
Why a sin tax on opioids is not like a sin tax on sugary drinks. → Read More
As FDA Readies Menthol Cigarette Ban, What’s Next?
Public health agencies need to make menthol smokers, Black and white, aware of safer alternatives. Anything less isn’t social justice. → Read More
As Overdoses Reach New Highs, Messaging on Addiction Needs More Nuance
Fascinating new research suggests on how to reduce the stigma of addiction and why Biden health officials should read it. → Read More
San Francisco, banning e-cigarettes is the worst solution to your least pressing problem
E-cigarettes are estimated to be 95% less hazardous than conventional cigarettes, yet San Francisco is banning them while leaving Marlboros. → Read More
‘Dopesick’ and ‘The Addiction Solution’ Review: Examining an epidemic
In the last election cycle, presidential primary candidates came to town halls prepared to discuss jobs and were blind-sided when impassioned locals turned → Read More
Vapin’ in the boys’ room
The sudden success of an e-cigarette called JUUL—pronounced “jewel”—is causing a backlash. Sales of JUUL, invented by two Stanford engineers, have exploded → Read More
Why I Admire Anthony Weiner
The former congressman stood before a judge and offered no excuse for the behavior that sprang from his addiction. → Read More
Who decides whether Trump is unfit to govern?
The medical profession and democracy would be ill served if a political determination, such as removing the President, were ever disguised as clinical judgment. → Read More
Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern?
It’s better if that’s a political verdict, not a clinical judgment. → Read More
Some people still need opioids
The crackdown on pain medication prescribing is intended to help the addiction crisis—but it’s leaving chronic pain patients in untenable situations. → Read More
Some people still need opioids
The crackdown on pain medication prescribing is intended to help the addiction crisis—but it’s leaving chronic pain patients in untenable situations. → Read More
The Opioid Crackdown Is Making Life Miserable—Even Untenable—for People With Chronic Pain
The pendulum has swung too far in the other direction. → Read More
A few comments on e-cigarettes and cigarette smoking among adolescents and young adults
With teen smoking at a new low, policymakers should be celebrating a public health success instead of seeking a new regulatory expansion. → Read More
A few comments on e-cigarettes and cigarette smoking among adolescents and young adults
With teen smoking at a new low, policymakers should be celebrating a public health success instead of seeking a new regulatory expansion. → Read More
Calling it ‘brain disease’ makes addiction harder to treat
Missing from the national conversation on the opioid epidemic is a serious discussion concerning how addiction should be understood. Although addiction clearly has biological components, viewing the condition simply as a disease ignores the reality that addicted individuals have the capacity to make choices. → Read More
WHAT IF you could legally sell your kidney?
WHAT IF organ donors could be compensated? Dr. Sally Satel describes her proposal to improve organ donation through market incentives. → Read More
The Kindest (Tax) Cut: A Federal Tax Credit for Organ Donations
In this article, Satel and Viard discuss how to design a federal tax credit for organ donations that would help ease the pressing shortage of donated kidneys, saving thousands of lives and sparing many from dialysis. → Read More
Senators' letter to FDA Commissioner Gottlieb perpetuates misconceptions about E-Cigarettes
Clive Bates, Director of Counterfactual Consulting (UK), co-authored this article. In a letter to Dr. Scott Gottlieb, the new commissioner of the Food and → Read More
Senators' Letter To FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Perpetuates Misconceptions About E-Cigarettes
Senators' demand of FDAs Gottlieb reflects widespread misunderstanding about the importance of e-cigarettes to the nation's health → Read More