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Sally Satel, M.D.

Author of PC, M.D. How Political Correctness is Corrupting Medicine

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Articles

The Truth About Painkiller Addiction

The Atlantic, August 4, 2019

Opioid discontinuation as an institutional mandate: Questions and answers on why we wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Stefan G. Kertesz, MD,MSc, Sally L. Satel, MD, James DeMicco, PharmD, Richard C. Dart, MD, PhD, Daniel P. Alford, MD, MPH, Substance Abuse Journal, July 30, 2019

San Francisco, banning e-cigarettes is the worst solution to your least pressing problem

Sally Satel and Erica Sandberg, USA Today, June 26, 2019

Opioid discontinuation as an institutional mandate: Questions and answers on why we wrote to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Stefan G. Kertesz, Sally L. Satel , James DeMicco, Richard C. Dart , Daniel P. Alford, Substance Abuse, May 17, 2019

Relief For Pain Patients: CDC Makes Bold Clarification About Opioid Care In NEJM

Forbes, April 25, 2019

Pain Patients Get Relief From Regulation

Wall Street Journal, April 14, 2019

Confronting the Opioid Crisis

The Remnant Podcast with Jonah Goldberg, March 19, 2019

The Problem of Addiction: A Conversation with Sally Satel

Sam Harris, Making Sense Podcast, March 4, 2019

Vaping Is Harm Reduction: The surgeon general is right on opioids, but wrong on tobacco.

Wall Street Journal, February 13, 2019

Psychologists want to change how they treat men. That’s a problem.

The Washington Post, January 18, 2019

The FDA Was Wise to Approve a New Opioid: The use of Dsuvia is limited, and wounded soldiers need it.

Wall Street Journal, November 7, 2018

Oregon Overshoots on Opioids

Sally Satel and Stefan Kertesz, Wall Street Journal, August 17, 2018

‘Dopesick’ and ‘The Addiction Solution’ Review: Examining an Epidemic

Wall Street Journal, August 8, 2018

How to provide better incentives to organ donors

Sally Satel and Amy Dockser Marcus, Wall Street Journal, June 24, 2018

Vapin’ in the Boys’ Room

Wall Street Journal, May 15, 2018

Access to Maintenance Medications for Opioid Addiction Is Expanding. Prisons Need to Get on Board.

Josiah D. Rich and Sally Satel, Slate, May 8, 2018

Why The Panic Over JUUL And Teen Vaping May Have Deadly Results

Forbes, April 11, 2018

Pill Limits Are Not a Smart Way to Fight the Opioid Crisis

Sally Satel and Stefan Kertesz, Slate, March 30, 2018

Naloxone, Yes, But 3 Other Drugs Are Essential to Fight the Opioid Epidemic

Forbes, March 19, 2018

The Myth of What’s Driving the Opioid Crisis: Doctor-prescribed painkillers are not the biggest threat.

Politico Magazine, February 21, 2018

Opioid Prescription Control: When The Corrective Goes Too Far

Stefan G. Kertesz, Adam J. Gordon, and Sally L. Satel, Health Affairs, January 19, 2018

Does It Take a Shrink to Evaluate Trump?

Wall Street Journal, January 17, 2018

Feds Owe the Public ‘Corrective Statements’ on Vaping

Sally Satel and Guy Bentley, Real Clear Health, December 4, 2017

Study Shows Two Addiction Medications Similar But Drop Out Rates High: Three Possible Remedies

Forbes, November 27, 2017

May court send drug-using thief to jail for violating no-drugs probation condition?

Stephen J. Morse and Sally Satel, The Washington Post, October 27, 2017

Addiction Shouldn’t Excuse Criminal Acts

Stephen J. Morse and Sally Satel, Wall Street Journal, October 2, 2017

Why I Admire Anthony Weiner

New York Times, September 25, 2017

What the New Surgeon General Should Do About E-Cigarettes

Forbes, September 20, 2017

Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern?

Peter D. Kramer and Sally L. Satel, New York Times, August 29, 2017

Who Decides Whether Trump Is Unfit to Govern? (Unabridged version)

Peter D. Kramer and Sally Satel, New York Times, August 29, 2017

Some People Still Need Opioids

Stefan Kertesz and Sally Satel, Slate, August 17, 2017

Neurohype: A Field Guide to Exaggerated Brain-Based Claims

Scott O. Lilienfeld, Elizabeth Aslinger, Julia Marshall, and Sally Satel, The Routledge Handbook of Neuroethics, July 2017

Taking On the Scourge of Opioids

National Affairs, Summer 2017

Calling it ‘brain disease’ makes addiction harder to treat

Boston Globe, June 22, 2017

The Kindest (Tax) Cut: A Federal Tax Credit for Organ Donations

Sally Satel and Alan D. Viard, Tax Notes, June 12, 2017

Senators’ Letter To FDA Commissioner Gottlieb Perpetuates Misconceptions About E-Cigarettes

Forbes, May 31, 2017

Fighting the opioid epidemic: A Q&A with Sally Satel

AEI.org, May 31, 2017

What the New York Times Gets Wrong on Vaping Regulation

Forbes, April 20, 2017

Saving Lives Is the First Imperative in the Opioid Epidemic

Wall Street Journal, April 9, 2017

Organs for the Mentally Disabled

Sally Satel and Kurt Schuler, National Review, March 27, 2017

A Defense Department Hotline That Keeps Smokers Hooked

Forbes, March 23, 2017

Right to try, right to buy, right to test

Washington Post, February 21, 2017

Her damaged brain forgot new experiences but she still improved on the viola

Washington Post, February 9, 2017

Use disabilities law to avoid violent confrontations with mentally disabled people

Kim Hendrickson and Sally Satel, San Francisco Chronicle, January 18, 2017

How to Treat an Opioid Epidemic

Wall Street Journal, January 13, 2017

The Year In E-Cigarettes: The Good, The Bad, And Some Reasons For Optimism

Forbes, December 31, 2016

Advocacy From the Edge: Carrie Fisher spent decades advocating for mental health treatment and against stigma. Here’s how we should honor her.

Slate, December 27, 2016

Dear Surgeon General and Public Health Agencies, Anti-Vaping Polices Are Bad for Public Health

Sally Satel and David Sweanor, RealClear Health, December 19, 2016

Big Tobacco Is Giving Away Money: Researchers Should Take It

Forbes, December 8, 2016

Shortcuts to Addiction

Wall Street Journal, December 7, 2016

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Books

  • Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
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