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40th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws: Time to Re-think Sentencing Policy
May 8, 2013, 4:25pmNew at Reason: Privatization Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
May 6, 2013, 3:55pmThe rollout of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 continues today with the release of the Criminal Justice and Corrections section, which which provides an overview of the latest on privatization and public-private partnerships in criminal justice and corrections.
Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections
Annual Privatization Report 2013 examines criminal justice and corrections trends
May 6, 2013Leonard Gilroy, Harris Kenny, Alexander Volokh, Andrew Livingston
This section of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013 provides an overview of the latest on privatization and public-private partnerships in criminal justice and corrections. Topics include:
A. 2012 Corrections Privatization Overview
B. State and International Corrections Privatization Update
C. State and Local Correctional Healthcare Privatization Update
D. ANALYSIS: Recent Developments in the Federal Civil-Rights Liability of Federal Private Prisons
E. FOCUS: The Emergence of Social Impact Bonds: Paying for Success in Social Service Innovation
F. FOCUS: Colorado, Washington State Vote to Tax and Regulate Recreational Marijuana for Adults
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Colorado, Washington State Vote to Tax and Regulate Recreational Marijuana for Adults
Subsection of Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections
May 6, 2013Harris Kenny, Andrew Livingston
This subsection of Reason Foundation's Annual Privatization Report 2013: Criminal Justice and Corrections reviews the recent passage of ballot measures legalizing the recreational use of marijuana in both Colorado and Washington State.
Reason’s First Feature-Length Documentary: “America’s Longest War”
March 25, 2013, 1:43pmReason Foundation's first feature-length documentary uncovers the extraordinary costs of the U.S. government’s 40-year war on drugs. Here’s the trailer for America’s Longest War:
Taxing and Regulating Recreational Marijuana in CO, WA (AUDIO)
February 6, 2013, 12:57pmI recently appeared on the Tax Policy Podcast hosted by Richard Morrison, Manager of Communications at the Tax Foundation, to discuss taxing and regulating recreational marijuana in Colorado (Amendment 64) and Washington State (Initiative 502).
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July 26th, 2012 - What We Saw at the Drug Enforcement Administration Museum
Joshua Swain
July 25th, 2012 - L.A.'s Illegal Ban on Medical Marijuana Dispensaries
Jacob Sullum
July 25th, 2012 - Yet Another Reason to End the War on Drugs: It's Fueling HIV/AIDS
Melanie Kruvelis
July 23rd, 2012 - For the Obama Administration, Conceding Marijuana's Medical Potential Does Not Mean Rethinking the Federal Ban
Jacob Sullum
July 20th, 2012 - Obama Administration Will Review Clarence Aaron's Commutation Petition and the Clemency Process
Jacob Sullum
July 19th, 2012 - Truth in Trials Act (H.R. 6134) to Protect Medical Marijuana Patients: Reps Barney Frank and Ron Paul are Supporters
Lucy Steigerwald
July 18th, 2012 - "Good Samaritan" Laws For Overdose Emergencies Get More Good Press
Brian Doherty
July 18th, 2012 - That Slam Against Pot Smokers Came Out of Nowhere, Man
Jacob Sullum
July 17th, 2012 - Newark's Mayor Calls the Drug War 'Big Overgrown Government at Its Worst'
Jacob Sullum
July 16th, 2012 - Gabriel G. Nahas, Who Warned Us to Keep Off the Grass, RIP
Jacob Sullum
July 12th, 2012 - Isn't It a Shame the Less Well-to-Do Can't Afford to Have Their Relatives Kidnapped By the State Over Their Consumption Choices?
Brian Doherty
July 11th, 2012 - Chuck Schumer Brags About Banning Already Banned Drugs; Time Claims He Also Banned Every Conceivable Substitute
Jacob Sullum
July 11th, 2012 - Prohibition Is an Awful Flop; We Like It: The Mexican Edition
Jacob Sullum
July 11th, 2012 - Violence Is Not Victory
Jacob Sullum
July 11th, 2012 - Your Terrible Anti-Marijuana Editorial of the Day is Somehow in Favor of Decriminalization
Lucy Steigerwald
July 10th, 2012 - Former Drug Czar Advisor Says Obama's "Third Way" Drug Policy Involves "Short Stints in Jail"
Mike Riggs
July 9th, 2012 - Mexico's New President Peña Nieto Is Probably Not Going to End the Drug War
Mike Riggs
July 9th, 2012 - 3 Accounting Tricks the Obama Administration Uses to Hide the Cost of the Drug War
Mike Riggs
July 8th, 2012 - Oliver Stone Says It's Time to Legalize Pot Already
Nick Gillespie
July 6th, 2012 - Obama Scaled Back the War on Drugs, and I Missed It
Jacob Sullum
July 6th, 2012 - Is an Unknown Drug or an Unverifiable Mental Disorder a Better Explanation for Face Eating Than a Voodoo Curse?
Jacob Sullum
July 5th, 2012 - Why the Acquittal of Roger Clemens Should Mean the End of Washington's Steroid Witch Hunt
Rob Bibelhauser
July 4th, 2012 - Mexico's President-Elect Wants a 'Broad Debate' About Drug Policy
Jacob Sullum
July 4th, 2012 - The DEA's Classification of Pot: Destroyed but Still Standing
Jacob Sullum
July 3rd, 2012
Drugs Blog
- 40th Anniversary of the Rockefeller Drug Laws: Time to Re-think Sentencing Policy (5/8)
- New at Reason: Privatization Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections (5/6)
- Developments in Criminal Justice and Corrections (5/6)
- Colorado, Washington State Vote to Tax and Regulate Recreational Marijuana for Adults (5/6)
- Reason’s First Feature-Length Documentary: “America’s Longest War” (3/25)
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