Alex Tabarrok
Alex Tabarrok is the Bartley J. Madden Chair in Economics at the Mercatus Center, Professor of Economics at George Mason University, and Co-Founder of Marginal Revolution University. He holds a Ph.D. in Economics from George Mason University.
Voting History
Marijuana reform
Pardoning federal convictions for simple possession of marijuana will have meaningful social benefits that exceed any social costs.
| Vote | Confidence |
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| Agree | 7 |
| Median Survey Vote | Median Survey Confidence |
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| Agree | 8 |
Pardoning state convictions for simple possession of marijuana will have meaningful social benefits that exceed any social costs.
| Vote | Confidence |
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| Strongly Agree | 8 |
| Median Survey Vote | Median Survey Confidence |
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| Agree | 8 |
Comments
More state simple possessions are simple possessions.
Moving marijuana from a Schedule I drug to a less-restrictive schedule or legalizing it at the federal level would have meaningful social benefits that exceed any social costs.
| Vote | Confidence |
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| Strongly Agree | 9 |
| Median Survey Vote | Median Survey Confidence |
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| Agree | 8 |
Comments
People convicted of possession in Federal Court may not be a random sample of simple users and may in fact have committed more serious crimes that the prosecutor couldn't prove--like convicting Capone of tax evasion. Still that's not the way the system is supposed to work and I approve overall of the change.