Shawn Bushway

RAND Corporation Website

Shawn Bushway is Senior Policy Researcher at the RAND Corporation, and Professor of Public Administration and Policy at the University at Albany. He holds a Ph.D. in Public Policy Analysis and Political Economy from Carnegie Mellon 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 10
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

I don't think the benefits will be large, but they will have a meaningful impact in some communities.

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

Vote Confidence
Strongly Agree 10
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments

There are a relatively small group of people for whom their only conviction is a misdemeanor MJ possession charge. But, for those people, this could be very meaningful.

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
Disagree 8
Median Survey Vote Median Survey Confidence
Agree 8
Comments