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How to Amend the Colonial Expedition for Magic Mushrooms
The historic tale of conquistador Hernán Cortes’s encounter with Aztec emperor Moctezuma is one often shared to recount the origins of...
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May 4, 20225 min read
Disaster-to-Consumer Advertising: Facing the Dangers of DTCA
In 2006, pharmaceutical giant Pfizer launched a $258 million advertising campaign for Lipitor, a high cholesterol treatment. One ad...
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Sep 26, 20204 min read


M is for Medicine
James Casey remembered the fireworks. The painted skies of his childhood filled him with wonder and joy. But everything changed when he...
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May 29, 20205 min read


BPR Interviews: Jeffrey Miron Talks Drugs
Dr. Jeffrey Miron is a senior lecturer and director of undergraduate studies in the Department of Economics at Harvard University. He is...
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Nov 6, 201911 min read


High Hopes for Industrial Hemp Farming
Before hemp became known as a mascot for hippies everywhere, it was used as a crop in various civilizations around the world for more...
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Nov 8, 20165 min read


Minimum Sentence, Mandatory Damage
On September 11, 2015, 75-year-old Lee Carroll Brooker, a disabled war veteran with chronic pain, received the news he had been dreading...
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Oct 24, 20167 min read


The Dangers of Civil Asset Forfeiture
On March 20, 2012, the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department pulled over Nelly Moreira’s car. Moreira was not present; her son...
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Oct 2, 20145 min read


North Korea on Ice
To South Koreans, the city of Hamhung is known as the birthplace of Hamhung naengmyun, a popular cold noodle dish. However, to those...
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Mar 11, 20146 min read


The Mexican Drug War After “El Chapo”
The news of the arrest of Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman — the most wanted drug lord in the world — has been received by many as a crucial...
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Mar 4, 20144 min read


Self-Defense Forces in Mexico: Friends or Foes?
It was in 2006 when former Mexican President Felipe Calderon first ordered the National Army to combat the drug cartels operating in...
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Feb 11, 20144 min read
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