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Sally Satel, M.D.

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

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Addiction/Substance Abuse

For Addicts, Firm Hand Can Be the Best Medicine

New York Times, August 15, 2006

Think Before You Drink: Talking under the influence? They’re still your words.

Sally Satel and Keith Humphreys, National Review Online, August 11, 2006

A Pill to Treat Your Addiction? Don’t Bet the Rent

The New York Times, February 14, 2006

Much Ado About Meth?

Tech Central Station, November 4, 2005

A Whiff of ‘Reefer Madness’ in U.S. Drug Policy

The New York Times, August 16, 2005

Doctors Behind Bars: Treating Pain Is Now Risky Business

The New York Times, October 19, 2004

OxyContin half-truths can cause suffering

USA Today, October 26, 2003

Is Drug Addiction a Brain Disease?

Sally Satel and Frederick K. Goodwin, M.D., Ethics and Public Policy Center, April 20, 2003

Fast food ‘addiction’ feeds only lawyers

USA Today, March 11, 2003

The Sorry CSAP Flap: It’s Worse Than It Looks

Tech Central Station, December 7, 2001

Keeping OxyContin Out of the Wrong Hands

The Boston Globe, August 11, 2001

Drugs: A Decision, Not a Disease

The Wall Street Journal, April 27, 2001

Learning to Say ‘I’ve Had Enough,’

The New York Times, July 14, 2000

A Battle Plan for the Drug War

The Wall Street Journal, October 12, 1998

Addicted to Abolition

The Wall Street Journal, August 5, 1998

Opiates for the Masses

The Wall Street Journal, June 8, 1998

Do Drug Courts Really Work?

City Journal, Summer 1998

Don’t Forget the Addict’s Role in Addiction

The New York Times, April 4, 1998

For Addicts, Force Is the Best Medicine

The Wall Street Journal, January 6, 1998

The Wrong Fix

The Wall Street Journal, July 17, 1995

Yes, Drug Treatment Can Work

City Journal, Summer 1995

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Books

  • Evaluating the Brain Disease Model of Addiction
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