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Author: Devon Herrick

Drugged Driving is Hard to Detect, Hard to Stop and Ensnares Innocent People

Posted on May 24, 2026May 22, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Driving under the influence has not gone away but there is a new problem: drugged driving. Drugged driving has been around for decades, but it is becoming an issue now that many states have approved recreational and medicinal marijuana.

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Who is to Blame for the Shortage of Marriageable Men?

Posted on May 20, 2026 by Devon Herrick

A common theory is young men are failing to launch because the well-paid manufacturing jobs that non-elite males had traditionally filled are mostly gone. Nowadays marriages are romantic and financial partnerships, with both partners expected to earn an income. Thus, men are no longer discriminated against by outdated cultural norms of hypergamy, where women are only willing to marry up the social ladder because they’re stuck at home raising kids.

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Long Term Care a Long Way from Home

Posted on May 19, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Long term care is expensive. According to the American Council on Aging, the average cost per day for a shared nursing home room is $327. That works out to be about $10,000 a month for an annual cost of nearly $120,000. Few families can afford that, but consider this: A private nursing home room in Santa Rosa, California is $1,000 a day for a yearly cost of $365,000.

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Nurse Practitioners are Increasingly Treating Patients; Why Aren’t Pharmacists?

Posted on May 18, 2026 by Devon Herrick

Advance practice nurses, such as nurse practitioners (NPs), are picking up some of the slack left by doctors of osteopathy (DOs) and medical doctors (MDs). NPs can do many of the same patient care tasks that physicians perform but with less training and at lower pay.

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For many years, our health care blog was the only free enterprise health policy blog on the internet. Then, when the NCPA closed its doors, the health blog stopped as well.

During this five-year hiatus no one else has come forward to claim the space. So, my colleagues and I have decided to restart the blog in connection with the Goodman Institute. We invite you and others to use this forum to share your views.

John C. Goodman,

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