Teen drug abuse is a serious problem / Barry McCaffrey

Teen drug abuse has been exaggerated / Mike Males

Smoking causes significant health problems / Alicia M. Lukachko and Elizabeth M. Whelan

Smoking-related health problems have been exaggerated / Robert A. Levy, interviewed by Stephen Goode

Prescription drug abuse is a growing problem / Michelle Meadows

The media have exaggerated the prescription drug abuse crisis / Tom Shales

Addiction is a brain disease / Alan Leshner

Addiction is not a brain disease / Sally Satel

Some chemical dependency is caused by genetic factors / Ernest P. Noble

A variety of factors causes adolescent drug abuse / Susan M. Gordon

Movies present mixed messages about substance abuse / Office of National Drug Control Policy and Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration

Needle-exchange programs can reduce the transmission of AIDS / Peter Beilenson, interviewed by Will Van Sant

Needle-exchange programs do not reduce the transmission of AIDS / Joe Loconte

Drug tests of pregnant women are necessary / Robert H. Hood

Drug tests of pregnant women are discriminatory / Mary Faith Marshall

Alcoholics Anonymous can reduce the problems caused by drinking / Anonymous

Harm-reduction approaches can reduce the problems caused by drinking / Marcus Grant and Eric Single

Methadone is the most effective treatment for heroin addiction / Stephen Chapman

The war on drugs can succeed / William J. Bennett

The war on drugs has failed / Timothy Lynch

Drug use should be decriminalized / Joseph D. McNamara

Drug use should not be decriminalized / Barry McCaffrey

Mandatory minimum sentences are essential to the war on drugs / David Risley

Mandatory minimum sentences are ineffective and unfair / Dirk Chase Eldredge

Drug courts are a promising solution to the drug problem / Richard S. Gebelein

Drug courts have not reduced the drug problem / Melissa Hostetler.