Jeffrey Miron on cannabis legalization in Washington State and Colorado

Jeffrey Miron, Senior Lecturer in Economics at Harvard University and Senior Fellow of the Cato Institute, talks about the recent legalization of cannabis in Washington State and Colorado, and about the implications of that development, recorded from Cambridge, Massachusetts, on November 13, 2012.  (Professor Miron adds:  “I have not consulted with the medical marijuana or legalization industries, but I have received modest honoraria for writing reports on budgetary impacts.”)

 

Satwant Kaur on Emerging Technologies and the Election

Satwant Kaur, widely-known as “The First Lady of Emerging Technologies,” comments on the role played by these tools in the recent Presidential election and their likely continuing impact on society and the economy, recorded from Northern California on November 11, 2012.

 

Erik Altieri at NORML on cannabis votes

Erik Altieri, Communications Director at the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), reviews the results of voting on six cannabis measures on the November 6^th ballot, and discusses the future of marijuana prohibition in the U.S., recorded from Washington, D.C., on November 8, 2012.