In-class lab work : "Incorporating Sources Effectively"

1.       According to Jeffrey Miron, senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the economics department at Harvard University, “Opinion polls show that marijuana legalization now commands majority support across the country.”

 

 

According to Evan Halper, the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Sacramento, “Republicans are taking a prominent role in backing states' right to allow use of a drug the federal government still officially classifies as more dangerous than cocaine.”

 

 

2.       Jeffrey Miron is the senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the economics department at Harvard University. Mr. Miron is also a senior at Cato Institute, and the author of Libertarianism, from A to Z. In Jeffrey Miron’s article, “Why Congress should legalize pot”, which appeared on cnn.com on November 19, 2014, he notes, “Opinion polls show that marijuana legalization now commands majority support across the country (Miron, cnn). Jeffrey Miron goes on stating, “Marijuana legalization is a policy no-brainer. Any society that professes to value liberty should leave adults free to consume marijuana.”

 

 

Evan Halper was the Los Angeles Times bureau chief in Sacramento before heading east. In his article, “Congress quietly ends federal government's ban on medical marijuana,” which appeared on latimes.com on December 16, 2014, Halper notes, “Republicans are taking a prominent role in backing states' right to allow use of a drug the federal government still officially classifies as more dangerous than cocaine.” Halper goes on stating, “32 states and the District of Columbia have legalized pot or its ingredients to treat ailments, a movement that began in the 1990s (Halper, latimes).”