Longform

A jailhouse interview with Steve Washak, who made millions selling “natural male enhancement” pills.

On Ambien and the search for the next blockbuster insomnia drug.

On the Adderall days of college.

New medicines can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. Are they worth it? A look at how a pair of pharmaceutical companies set their prices.

The pharmaceutical quest to give women a better sex life.

During the last decade, more than 1,500 Americans died after accidentally taking too much of a drug renowned for its safety: acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol.

Fifty years ago, birth-control pills gave women control of their bodies, while making it easy to forget their basic biology—until, in some cases, it’s too late.

The story of Christopher and Jeffrey George, the twin proprietors of a pain clinic empire.