The Federal Trade Commission, which thinks “lack of competition and contracting practices…may be contributing to drug shortages,” is soliciting public comments on that subject. But when it comes to opioid pain relievers, the problem is not a lack of competition between manufacturers, wholesalers, or distributors. Shortages of these safe and effective analgesics are instead a […]
A federal indictment unsealed this week charges two men, Antonio Venti and Michael Kuilan, with supplying the drugs that killed transgender activist Cecilia Gentili. Among other things, Venti and Kuilan are accused of causing Gentili’s death by distributing a mixture of heroin and fentanyl, a felony punishable by a mandatory minimum of 20 years in […]
People have been making wine in the verdant hills of northern Portugal’s Douro Valley for nearly 2,000 years. Nowadays, the region is home to more than 19,000 grape farmers and 1,000 companies tending terraced vineyards that tower above the Douro River below. Hundreds of these vineyards are small, often family-owned, properties called quintas, many of which produce port: a […]
As of last June, more than two years after New York legalized recreational marijuana, just 12 state-licensed dispensaries had opened for business, falling far short of Gov. Kathy Hochul’s prediction that more than 100 would be operating by that summer. Six months later, Hochul was bragging that “nearly 40 adult-use dispensaries will have opened in […]