Allie Howell
Policy Intern, Reason Foundation
Allie Howell is a research intern at Reason Foundation.
Previously, she was a Burton C. Gray Memorial intern at Reason and an economic policy intern at the Manhattan Institute.
Howell is a recent graduate of Hillsdale College, where she majored in economics and mathematics. She will be attending Notre Dame Law School in the fall of 2018.
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Do Marijuana License Fees Help Keep the Black Market Going?
Marijuana fees are much higher than most alcohol license fees in each respective state.
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Marijuana Business Insurance: Another Hurdle For Entrepreneurs
The current regulatory landscape has resulted in business owners who are hesitant to purchase insurance and few companies willing to provide insurance.
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Market Size Estimates For Legalized Marijuana
Estimates for the potential size of a new legal marijuana market are often riddled with uncertainty and inaccuracy, and can also be skewed by tenuous assumptions.
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Residency Requirements for Marijuana Licensure
It is not clear that residency requirements reduce marijuana diversion or trafficking.
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Occupational and Business Licensing of Recreational Marijuana
In order to allow new marijuana markets to flourish, occupational licensing must be constrained to the bare essentials.
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Criminal Conviction Restrictions for Marijuana Licensing
Reducing conviction restrictions has the potential to help many people who have been impacted by the drug war.
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Does Marijuana Legalization Increase Traffic Accidents?
Studies looking at the prevalence of drivers impaired by THC are prone to overestimate crash risk because of other risk factors.
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Equity Promises Fall Flat in Massachusetts Marijuana Industry
Despite priority application review, burdensome licensing process keeps low-income, minority applicants locked out of the industry.
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Will Marijuana Legalization Increase Hospitalizations And Emergency Room Visits?
Since marijuana legalization will likely increase the availability and convenience of consuming marijuana, there is concern that it will also increase health emergencies.
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Pennsylvania Supreme Court Could End Ill-Advised Soda Tax
If public education and other programs funded by the tax are truly important, they deserve a more reliable source of funding.
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Philadelphia Wants to Tax Its Way to Affordable Housing
Taxing developers does not address the underlying issues plaguing the city: high construction costs and low incomes.
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Occupational Licensing Laws Hurt Patients and Increase Health Care Costs
Nurse practitioners and physician assistants provide valuable medical care to oftentimes underserved communities at a lower cost.
