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The FDA has drastically cut the time for biosimilar drug approval, aiming to halve the market entry period. This move by the Trump administration targ

In the case of illegal drugs, the negative health effects are actually exacerbated by prohibition. The fentanyl crisis is itself largely a result of the War on Drugs, a predictable consequence of the "Iron Law" of prohibition, under which banning legal markets incentivizes dealers and users to turn to harder, more potent drugs.

The Trump administration bombed what the president referred to as a 'drug-carrying submarine' on October 16 in the Caribbean