Robynn Cox

University of California, Riverside Website

Robynn Cox is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at UC Riverside. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Georgia State 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
Strongly Agree 9
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

Pardoning state convictions for simple possession of marijuana will have meaningful social benefits that exceed any social costs.

Vote Confidence
Strongly Agree 9
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

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
Strongly Agree 7
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

Evidence is still relatively new here but so far evidence on recreational legalization and MML laws suggest legalization has either no effect or may even reduce crime. Although Blacks make up a disproportionate share of marijuana arrests, it is not clear whether passage of such color-blind laws will actually decrease racial disparities in arrests for marijuana. Finally, marijuana has medicinal purposes so it is debatable whether it should be a schedule I drug to begin with.