In the past week, the decision by the Conservatives to remove a ban on ivory sales from their manifesto has … Continue reading “The uncomfortable economics of the ivory trade”

Are free markets incompatible with good health? To hear some of the rhetoric that comes from the medical establishment, you … Continue reading “Free market solutions in health should be allowed to flourish”

Up until prohibition, Guatemala, China, and Russia were the last three remaining countries with a well-developed legal market in international … Continue reading “Black markets, abandoned children: the devastating impact of prohibiting private adoption”

On 23 January 1912, representatives from twelve nations signed the International Opium Convention, which contracted them to ‘use their best … Continue reading “An alternative to drug prohibition”

Public health regulations frequently serve exclusively to prevent legal capitalistic acts between consenting adults. But the fact that prohibition’s history … Continue reading “Pssst! Wanna boost kids’ smoking? Have a display ban!”

The heavily publicised deaths of two teenagers in Lincolnshire who took mephedrone (known as “meow meow”) has led to calls … Continue reading “Banning “meow meow” would be counterproductive”

 

Labour leadership candidate David Miliband has been posing as the champion of the Great British pub, saying he can save … Continue reading “Is the smoking ban to blame for the high rate of pub closures?”