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Is a Device to Detect Marijuana Impairment by Tracking Eye Movement in Virtual Reality Possible?
Such a device could determine whether a driver who has used marijuana is currently under the psychoactive influence of the drug.
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Amicus Brief: Competitive Enterprise Institute and National Review v. Michael E. Mann
If this were the law anywhere in the country, it would represent a profound danger to free speech and debate.
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New Research Shows Opportunities and Perils of Pension Funds Investing in Infrastructure
US public pension funds can improve the nation's infrastructure, diversify their portfolios and improve returns by adopting best practices from abroad.
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State Lawmakers Should Restrain Their Urge to Regulate Cryptocurrencies and Blockchain
New York's overzealous regulation provides a lesson for California and other states.
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Applying Algorithms to a Changing Transportation Landscape
Algorithms can produce tangible benefits for transportation systems such as decreased traffic, increased safety and more-efficient transit systems.
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Unschooling and School Choice: A Complicated Relationship
The evidence is largely on the side of freedom in education. And adding unschooling to the set of educational options available to families increases that freedom.
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States Should Consider Converting Carpool Lanes Into Toll Lanes
Variable-priced tolling provides needed transportation revenue to build, maintain and operate the lanes.
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Yet Another Study Shows School Choice Programs Reduce Crime
The evidence shows school choice does more to cut crime than residentially-assigned public schools.
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Surface Transportation Newsletter #189
PIRG targets more “highway boondoggles,” connecting Miami, the case for managed lane connectors, and more.
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Albany’s Proposed Flavored Tobacco Ban Misses the Mark
There's no reason why one of the safest and most popular alternatives to smoking can't be kept on the market for adults but kept out of the hands of kids.
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Michigan’s Marijuana Regulators Are Running Ahead of Schedule
Michigan is also pioneering a new data-sharing platform to allow banks and credit unions to perform enhanced due diligence on marijuana businesses that apply for accounts with them.
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In Colorado, and Other States, Legalizing Drug Checking Kits Would Save Lives
Drug checking kits can help drug users avoid taking street drugs laced with more dangerous drugs.
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Nicotine and Harm Reduction Newsletter – June 2019
Harm reduction advocates have won a series of victories defeating flavor bans in Illinois, Connecticut, Maine, and New York.
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Examining the Good and Bad in Oregon’s Patchwork Reforms to State Pensions
While the changes should help reduce costs to employers in the short-term, they come at the price of higher overall costs in the long-term.
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New Mexico Holds Public Hearings to Gauge Remedies for Persistent Public Pension Woes
Tackling public pension problems sooner than later will make a difference.
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Pension Reform Newsletter — June 2019
Public pension issues disproportionately affect women, the debate over pension debt and government spending in Kansas, and more.
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California’s Proposed Opioid Tax Would Hurt Patients
Cancer patients, wounded veterans, and many others suffering from incurable pain would consistently be paying the state’s opioid tax.
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Center for Student-Based Budgeting Newsletter, June 2019
Not all students welcome in some Texas public school districts, fixing Title I isn't good enough, and more.
