1 Legalization and development: proofs In this section, we provide proofs for the statements made in section 5.2 of the paper: if the overall process of development increases parameter values x, h, v, f and decreases σ, the scope for legalization decreases. In section 3, we assume that development scales all parameters by a common factor β. In Section 3.1, we assume that the sensibility to corr...

The following is a proposal for a public policy that would legalize marijuana and have the drug be treated as alcohol. This is necessary because the current policy is detrimental to society and the legalization would be beneficial. The prohibition of the drug is unfounded because tobacco and alcohol, legalized substances, are more dangerous than marijuana. Also, the legislation regarding the dr...

Virtually all accounts of the state of the US immigration system point to its patently broken condition, with the presence of almost 12 million people without legal status paramount to this characterization. Because of several recent developments including continued and renewed interest in regularizing the status of most unauthorized migrants in executive and legislative branch agendas, the Cen...

In this paper I estimate the difference in wage gains from legalization between immigrants who were legalized on the basis of family ties, or smaller scale legalization programs, and those who were legalized in a large scale amnesty program (the 1986 Immigration Reform and Control Act, IRCA). Estimates suggest that the increase in wage after legalization is 11.7% higher for immigrants who were ...

Marijuana is the most common illicit drug with vocal advocates for legalization. Among other things, legalization would increase access and remove the stigma of illegal behavior. Our model of use disentangles the role of access from preferences and shows that selection into access is not random. We …nd that non-selection-corrected demand estimates are biased resulting in incorrect policy conclu...

background euthanasia is one of the most intriguing ethical, medical and law issues that marked whole xx century and beginning of the xxi century, sharply dividing scientific and unscientific public to its supporters and opponents. it also appears as one of the points where all three major religions (catholic, orthodox, and islamic) have the same view. they are strongly against legalizing mercy...

Proponents of the legalization of assisted suicide often appeal to our supposed right to "die with dignity" to defend their case. I examine and assess different notions of "dignity" that are operating in many arguments for the legalization of assisted suicide, and I find them all to be deficient. I then consider an alternative conception of dignity that is based on Aristotle's conception of the...

mPL6 consists of three basic ingredients: global placement by multilevel nonlinear programming [CCS05b], discrete graph-based macro legalization followed by linear-time scan-based standard-cell legalization [CX06], and detailed placement [CX06]. It is designed for speed and scalability, low wirelength results, adaptability to complex constraints, and robustness under low white space. Compared t...

As marijuana legalization begins to spread across the nation, policymakers and individuals are increasingly concerned with the consequences-positive and negative, intentional and unintentional. Currently, four states and the District of Columbia have legalized recreational marijuana programs, and twenty states already have recreational marijuana measures on the ballot for November 2016. One pre...

BACKGROUND Drug reimportation is perceived as a costs-cutting strategy by Americans. Nonetheless, issues such as drug safety and efficacy prevent legalization of the practice. With the contradictory views from supporters and opponents, debate on drug reimportation continues to snowball. The objective of this commentary is to discuss issues regarding drug reimportation practices in the United St...