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The Gateway Effect of Marijuana
Given the weak evidence for a causal relationship between youth marijuana use and subsequent use of other drugs, policymakers should not be overly concerned about the brain chemistry gateway effect.
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Does Legalizing Marijuana Reduce Crime?
In states that have legalized marijuana for either medical or recreational use, any adverse effects of such increased demand are more than offset by reductions in crime associated with legalization.
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The Economic Consequences of Fuel Economy Standards
This is the fourth in a series of briefs explaining and evaluating Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and zero-emissions vehicle (ZEV) standards.
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Preventing, Containing and Mitigating COVID-19: Lessons From Around the World
Part two of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Success almost everywhere started with the use of extensive strategic testing.
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The COVID-19 Status App: A Risk-Based Tool to Enable Businesses to Reopen While Limiting the Spread of Sars-Cov-2
Part four of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. The purpose of these tools is to enhance trust and improve information sharing.
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Monitor-Test-Trace-Isolate: Policies for Understanding and Reacting to COVID-19 Infections
Part five of a series discussing strategies for combating and recovering from the coronavirus pandemic. Technologies that enable contact tracing and sharing of verified COVID-19 status while preserving privacy and autonomy.
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Would a Green Fiscal Stimulus Help the Environment and the Economy?
This policy brief considers the main “green recovery” proposals and evaluates whether they would achieve their stated objectives.
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A primer on carbon taxes
Examining claims that replacing existing regulations, subsidies, and tax expenditures with a carbon tax would more cost-effectively achieve emissions-reductions goals.
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Buying Green
Consumers, Product Labels and the Environment
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The Decline in Deaths from Extreme Weather, 1900
Aggregate mortality attributed to all extreme weather events globally has declined by 98% since the 1920s
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Weathering Global Warming in Agriculture
Population growth, world food supplies and minimizing climate change's impact on crops
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How the IPCC Reports Mislead the Public, Exaggerate the Negative Impacts of Climate Change and Ignore the Benefits of Economic Growth
Study finds climate change panel ignores its own findings and pushes plans that will prolong poverty for developing nations
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Smart on Sentencing, Smart on Crime: Reforming Louisiana
How to safely reduce Louisiana's nonviolent prison population, implement fairer sentencing and reduce corrections spending
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How Green Is that Grocery Bag Ban?
An assessment of the environmental and economic effects of grocery bag bans and taxes
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Assessing the Social Costs and Benefits of Regulating Carbon Emissions
New analysis finds carbon emissions may have a net beneficial effect, recommends setting social cost of carbon at zero
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The Vapour Revolution: How Bottom Up Innovation is Saving Lives and Prospects for India
The vapour revolution has the potential to improve and extend tens of millions of lives in India.
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Climate Change, Catastrophe, Regulation and the Social Cost of Carbon
Existing federal regulations predicated on a positive SCC should be re-evaluated, with the appropriate comparator being regulations that specifically address any co-benefits identified.
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Evidence-based policies to slow climate change
Top-down policy approaches to control emissions may not be as effective as bottom-up approaches that harness the natural tendency of entrepreneurs and innovators.