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I’m Economist Jeff Miron of Harvard University. Let’s talk about the War on Drugs. AMA.
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I’m Economist Jeff Miron of Harvard University. Let’s talk about the War on Drugs. AMA.

Posted: 09 Aug 2017 11:27 AM PDT

Hello everyone, I'm Jeff Miron. I'm an Economist and senior lecturer at Harvard University, where I serve as Director of Undergraduate Studies in the Department of Economics. I am also the Director of Economic Studies at the Cato Institute. Prior to my time at Harvard, I served as chair of the Department of Economics at Boston University.

I've been studying the effects of drug criminalization for over 30 years, and I've learned that while prohibition may reduce drug abuse to a small degree, the costs of such policies on society are much greater than the benefits.

Ask me anything.

Thank you all for a great conversation and great questions. I'm going to wrap things up for now, but I may check back in later to see if I can answer a few more.

Special thanks to the /r/Politics Mod Team and to Learn Liberty for setting this up. I'd just like to give Learn Liberty a quick plug and just say that if you're interested in learning more about classical liberal ideas and the importance of both personal and economic liberty, you should check out their videos on Youtube (here's my favorite), or subscribe to /r/LearnLiberty to get their latest videos in your feed. They have made a lot of great, sharable educational content about the War on Drugs that is worth checking out for anyone who cares about this issue.

Have a great night everyone!

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Scarborough: Republicans who would favor postponing election should hide their faces in 'shame'

Posted: 10 Aug 2017 06:41 AM PDT