Controversial Designer Drugs Face Ban in Louisiana

By Justin Spittler
05/06/2011
Several states, including Louisiana, are stepping up the fight against the latest designer drugs - synthetic cannabinoids and bath salts - in the wake of high call volumes to poison control centers in recent years.

TAGS: American Association for Poison Control Centers, Bobby Jindal, Dan D'Amico, Dan Francis, Drug Enforcement Agency, Louisiana Poison Control, Mark Ryan, Retail Compliance Association, Ricky Templet, Synthetic Marijuana

Higher Education: The Next Asset Bubble?

By Robert Ross
04/19/2011
Academics are raising concerns over parallels between events leading up to the housing crisis and the current state of the higher education system. Concerns are over the costs of a college education rising as a result of lax lending standards and artificially low interest rates for government subsidized loans.

TAGS: Arum and Roska, Center for College Affordability and Productivity, Dan D'Amico, Housing Crisis, Michael Poliakoff, Peter Thiel, Richard Vedder, Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, Student Loans