Learning the hard way Allan Brandt, history of science scholar and Cigarette Century author, says opioid negotiators should heed lessons from tobacco settlement As state and local officials weigh proposed multibillion-dollar settlements to resolve cases against Purdue Pharma, Johnson & Johnson, and other drug companies in the U.S
For example, all remaining brand-name sponsorship of sporting and other entertainment events would come to an end, and advertising in publications with a significant youth readership would be limited to black-on-white text
Who the first person was to use the term blue laws to describe colonial Connecticut laws, and when that occurred, remains unknown
An addiction specialist explains why common drugs, like alcohol, marijuana, and nicotine, tend to leave the body in different ways