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Books and Book Chapters

In the Name of Justice, edited by Timothy Lynch (February 2009).

"Cultural Agencies," Chapter 25, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Electronic Surveillance," Chapter 28, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"National ID Systems," Chapter 29, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Tobacco and the Rule of Law," Chapter 32, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

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Cato Studies

"Drug Decriminalization in Portugal:
Lessons for Creating Fair and Successful Drug Policies," by Glenn Greenwald, White Paper, April 2, 2009

"Overkill: The Rise of Paramilitary Police Raids in America," by Radley Balko, White Paper, July 17, 2006

"Against the New Paternalism: Internalities and the Economics of Self-Control," by Glen Whitman, Policy Analysis no. 563, February 22, 2006

"Treating Doctors as Drug Dealers: The DEA's War on Prescription Painkillers," by Ronald T. Libby, Policy Analysis no. 545, June 6, 2005

"Back Door to Prohibition: The New War on Social Drinking," by Radley Balko, Policy Analysis no. 501, December 5, 2003

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Articles and Newsletters

"Myths of the Nanny State", by Radley Balko, Cato Policy Report, vol. 28, no. 5 (September/October 2006)

"Tobacco, Smoking, and Insider Trading," Cato Policy Report, Vol. 27, No. 2 (March/April 2005).

"The Defensive Front Line," by Joseph D. McNamara, Regulation, vol. 24, no. 4, 2001, pp. 61-63.

"Plan Colombia: The Drug War's New Morass," by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Policy Report, September/October 2001.

"Our ‘Damned Lies’ Spark Another Exchange," by Robert A. Levy and Rosalind B. Marimont, Regulation, vol. 23, no. 1, 2000.

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Opinion and Commentary

"Can the UK Avert a Smoking Irish Failure?," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, politics.co.uk, October 29, 2009

"NYC: The City That Never Smokes," by Patrick Basham and John Luik, Spiked (Online), October 26, 2009

"There's No Way to Enforce a Texting While Driving Ban," by Radley Balko, U.S. News & World Report (Online), October 13, 2009

"Obama Is Becoming the Omnipresident," by Gene Healy, DC Examiner, October 6, 2009

"An Absence of Tobacco Evidence," by Patrick Basham, politics.co.uk, September 11, 2009

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Legal Briefs

Safford Unified School District No.1 v. Redding, April 2, 2009 (PDF, 2 MB)

Dupuy v. McEwen, March 11, 2008 (PDF, 150 KB)

Events

"Federal Drug Policy: Time to Shift Priorities," July 7, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"The Politics and Science of Medical Marijuana," March 17, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Free to Booze: The 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition," December 5, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Should No-Knock Police Raids be Rare-or Routine?," September 11, 2008 [Policy Forum]

"Nudge: Improving Decisions about Health, Wealth, and Happiness," May 1, 2008 [Book Forum]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Response to Supplementary Questions on the Global Tobacco Settlement," by Robert A. Levy to the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, August 15, 1997.

"Global Tobacco Settlement," testimony by Robert A. Levy before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, July 16, 1997.

Multimedia

"Obama: Kinder Bud to Federalism?" featuring Aaron Houston, October 30, 2009 [Flash Audio, 09:51]

David Boaz discusses nannyism in energy policy on CNN September 22, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:34]

David Boaz discusses nannyism and texting while driving on ABC's GMA August 6, 2009 [Flash Video, 02:24]

"Will Sound Science Govern Tobacco Regulation?" featuring Peter Van Doren, June 12, 2009 [Flash Audio, 13:13]

Michael D. Tanner discusses government behavior modification programs on FOX June 12, 2009 [Flash Video, 04:55]

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