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  • May 17, 2024
    The Wall Street Journal
    Letter to the Editor: Are the Risks of Marijuana Overhyped or Undersold?
    Letter to the Editor: Are the Risks of Marijuana Overhyped or Undersold?
    Allysia Finley continues her campaign to resurrect reefer madness in her Weekend Interview with Bertha Madras (May 11). Ms. Finley overstates the significance of weak, observational studies to suggest that adults who use marijuana recreationally are at a high risk …
    By Jeffrey A. Singer
  • October 13, 2022
    Real Clear Policy
    Marijuana Prohibition Was a Farce from the Beginning
    Marijuana Prohibition Was a Farce from the Beginning
    … after eating marijuana. During the 1930s, William Randolph Hearst’s newspaper empire (the Fox News of the day), railed against marijuana. At some point, Anslinger decided that marijuana was capable of turning “man into a wild beast,” and that it …
    By Trevor Burrus
  • October 20, 2021
    Real Clear Policy
    The Safe Banking Act Is a Good Step toward Marijuana Legalization
    The Safe Banking Act Is a Good Step toward Marijuana Legalization
    … prohibition is also costly to federal taxpayers. State‐​level experiences with marijuana legalizations, however, should temper exaggerated claims by both marijuana advocates and critics. Data on legalizations across states hints at no substantial departure from pre‐​legalization trends in marijuana
    By Jeffrey Miron and Pedro Aldighieri
  • October 15, 2021
    American Institute for Economic Research
    Marijuana Legalization: Corporate America Now Leading the Way
    Marijuana Legalization: Corporate America Now Leading the Way
    … jails and prisons with drug offenders. In many cases prohibition merely shifted users from one drug to another, such as marijuana smokers to legal stimulants, including alcohol and tobacco. Ever larger numbers of politicians defending prohibition, and law enforcement personnel …
    By Doug Bandow
  • March 6, 2021
    Rapid City Journal
    South Dakotans’ Position on Marijuana Should Not Be Ignored
    South Dakotans’ Position on Marijuana Should Not Be Ignored
    … a state where medical marijuana failed to even make it on the ballot four years ago, the passage of recreational marijuana was stunning. Public opinion drastically shifted in the past few years after more states legalized medical and recreational marijuana
    By Stacy Hanson
  • December 31, 2019
    Reason (Online)
    To Reduce Vaping Illness, Legalize Marijuana
    … what type of product they were using, 80 percent reported use of vaporizers containing THC, the main psychoactive ingredient in marijuana. And due to marijuana’s illegality, this figure is likely an underestimate, as patients are likely underreporting THC use …
    By Jeffrey Miron and J.J. Rich
  • November 27, 2019
    The Hill
    A Serious Hearing on Marijuana Prohibition Was Overdue
    … experiment with prohibition. Thirty‐​three states allow for medical marijuana, while 11 states and the District of Columbia have legalized marijuana for recreational use. In each of those states, anyone consuming marijuana for any reason is violating federal law. When …
    By Trevor Burrus
  • February 10, 2019
    Inside Sources
    Yes, Marijuana Legalization Is Working
    The absence of significant adverse consequences is especially striking given the dire predictions made by some legalization opponents.
    By Jeffrey Miron and Laura Nicolae
  • January 26, 2018
    Democracy: A Journal of Ideas
    The Sessions War on Marijuana
    Despite the many problems that may come from the Sessions Memo, the overall impact is not likely to be as widespread as some may fear.
    By Jonathan Blanks
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