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  • Ibogaine treatment for opioid use disorder
    Ibogaine treatment for opioid use disorder

    Policymakers should consider ibogaine as a potential alternative treatment for opioid use disorder.

    Policy Brief by Madison Carlino March 15, 2024

  • Psychedelic treatment for neurodegenerative disorders
    Psychedelic treatment for neurodegenerative disorders

    Recent research suggests that psychedelics, such as psilocybin and LSD, show strong potential as effective treatments for neurodegenerative disorders.

    Policy Brief by Madison Carlino January 9, 2025

  • Video Game Loot Boxes: Anatomy of a Moral Panic
    Video Game Loot Boxes: Anatomy of a Moral Panic

    There is no evidence to suggest that loot box spending is excessive among adults or adolescents or that it is responsible for any widespread harm.

    Policy Brief by Matthew McCaffrey July 19, 2023

  • The case for Connecticut’s fiscal guardrails
    The case for Connecticut’s fiscal guardrails

    The “fiscal guardrails” have saved Connecticut more than $170 million and could save $7 billion over the next 25 years.

    Policy Brief by Mariana Trujillo, Jordan Campbell, Steve Vu and Truong Bui September 26, 2024

  • Report: State and local governments have $6.1 trillion in debt
    Report: State and local governments have $6.1 trillion in debt

    State and local debt is over $100 billion in 16 states and exceeds $50 billion in 27 states. California’s state and local governments have over $1 trillion in debt.

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell October 23, 2025

  • Report ranks every state’s debt, from California’s $497 billion to South Dakota’s $2 billion
    Report ranks every state’s debt, from California’s $497 billion to South Dakota’s $2 billion

    Study finds state governments have a total of $2.7 trillion in debt, with 26 states exceeding $20 billion in debt each and 10 states over $70 billion.

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell October 23, 2025

  • Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt
    Report: County governments have $757 billion in debt

    In per capita terms, North Slope Borough, Alaska, ranks first, with its total debt representing $46,883 per county resident.

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell November 17, 2025

  • Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt
    Report: Cities have $1.4 trillion in debt

    San Francisco, Nantucket, New York City, Ocean City, and Miami Beach are the cities with the most per capita debt.

    Financial Transparency Project by Mariana Trujillo and Jordan Campbell November 17, 2025

  • FTC’s lawsuit against Facebook is a test case for path-breaking interpretation of antitrust policy
    FTC’s lawsuit against Facebook is a test case for path-breaking interpretation of antitrust policy

    If the FTC can convince the courts that Facebook’s allegedly anticompetitive behavior has damaged the market, the default solution is nothing short of the dismantling of the company.

    Policy Brief by Thomas Hazlett November 16, 2023

  • Antitrust policy: The challenge of high-tech digital platforms
    Antitrust policy: The challenge of high-tech digital platforms

    Suppressing incentives for innovation by categorically ratcheting up antitrust enforcement risks errors that weigh decidedly against efficiency and consumer welfare.

    Policy Study by Thomas Hazlett October 12, 2023

  • Missouri’s 2025 K-12 open enrollment proposals
    Missouri’s 2025 K-12 open enrollment proposals

    Missouri is considering three open enrollment legislative proposals: Senate Bill 215, House Bill 711, and Senate Bill 572.

    Backgrounder by Christopher T. Wilson and Jude Schwalbach April 16, 2025

  • Could clearance rates be key to addressing criminal justice failures?
    Could clearance rates be key to addressing criminal justice failures?

    Clearance rates are the closest metric we have to evaluating how well the criminal justice system does at catching people who commit crimes.

    Policy Brief by Hanna Liebman Dershowitz October 21, 2025

  • Deepfakes, AI, and existing laws
    Deepfakes, AI, and existing laws

    A nuanced policy response can address the challenges of deepfakes while preserving the benefits of creative and expressive digital technologies.

    Policy Brief by Richard Sill July 24, 2025

  • The App Store Accountability Act would undermine privacy and parental choice
    The App Store Accountability Act would undermine privacy and parental choice

    The App Store Accountability Act would make age restrictions online more invasive than in any other area of daily life.

    Backgrounder by Nicole Shekhovtsova and Marc Scribner May 7, 2025

  • Harm reduction: An evidence-based approach to the drug war
    Harm reduction: An evidence-based approach to the drug war

    Harm reduction includes proven tools like naloxone distribution, syringe service programs, fentanyl test strip access, and supervised consumption sites.

    Policy Brief by Layal Bou Harfouch September 24, 2025

  • Ibogaine offers breakthrough treatment for mental health, addiction, and TBIs
    Ibogaine offers breakthrough treatment for mental health, addiction, and TBIs

    Ibogaine, a psychedelic, holds promise as a potential treatment for numerous conditions, ranging from PTSD to multiple sclerosis.

    Backgrounder by Aubri Strachan October 31, 2025

  • Ibogaine and veterans’ mental health
    Ibogaine and veterans’ mental health

    Innovative psychedelics therapy offers military veterans struggling with their mental health newfound hope.

    Backgrounder by Aubri Strachan November 3, 2025

  • Model legislation would authorize groundbreaking research into ibogaine for mental health
    Model legislation would authorize groundbreaking research into ibogaine for mental health

    Growing research has demonstrated the promise of ibogaine in treating a wide range of intractable conditions, which could benefit veterans.

    Backgrounder by Aubri Strachan, Geoffrey Lawrence and Leonard Gilroy November 25, 2025

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