Emily Owens

  • Permalink Gallery

    Evidence from Prohibition shows that legalizing marijuana and ending the black market may lead to a decline in violence

Evidence from Prohibition shows that legalizing marijuana and ending the black market may lead to a decline in violence

Share this:

One of the arguments put forward for the legalization of drugs such as marijuana, is that it will lead to a fall in violence associated with the black market for drugs. But should the two US states who have recently legalized the growth and consumption of marijuana now expect such a fall in violent behavior? Using data from the […]

  • Permalink Credit: COD Newsroom (Creative Commons BY)Gallery

    Eligibility for federal financial aid strongly impacts potential students’ decisions about going to college.

Eligibility for federal financial aid strongly impacts potential students’ decisions about going to college.

Share this:

Every year, the U.S government gives billions in financial aid for people on low incomes who want to go to college. But is this federal spending actually effective in closing the education gap between low and high income Americans? By examining the period between 2001 and 2006, when those who had been convicted of drug offenses were banned from […]

This work by LSE USAPP blog is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 Unported.