Data from the United States Sentencing Commission shows that Wisconsin’s two federal court districts treat cannabis differently Federal enforcement of cannabis laws in Wisconsin has been minimal in recent years,…
Two years after the Badger Institute and others rang alarm bells about delays in criminal justice because of staffing problems among Wisconsin’s prosecutors and public defenders, and one year after…
Police in DeForest more than 13 times as likely to issue cannabis citations than counterparts in Milwaukee, Fitchburg or Hobart/Lawrence It can’t be known whether residents of DeForest are more…
Cannabis products and their changing potency Editor’s note: Marijuana is hardly an unknown drug, having been widely used for several generations. But it is a changed drug, with the increased…
How much tax revenue can states raise on legal cannabis before driving users into the illegal market? Editor’s note: The experience of other states, researchers have found, is that legalizing…
Findings are mixed, however, for medical-only legalization, and opioid overdoses are likely to decline Research is clear that legalizing adult recreational marijuana use increases the drug’s use. What are the…
Limited research so far shows lower unemployment, higher workforce participation and lower worker’s compensation claims Editor’s note: Cannabis legalization might be a policy that many would assume is a negative…
Making cannabis legal for all adults increases adults’ use of the drug, but evidence on youth use is mixed Editor’s note: Yes, marijuana legalization increases adults’ use. Youth use is…
Incarceration for cannabis-only crimes becomes still rarer, prison almost nonexistent Many counties in Wisconsin have essentially decriminalized the possession or sale of marijuana, and relatively few people who are charged…
Almost a year ago the Badger Institute published my research exploring the severe delays and case backlogs in Wisconsin’s criminal justice system. Judges, prosecutors and defense attorneys alike had been raising the alarm…
Jeremiah Mosteller