Marijuana and the War on Drugs: Where Will it All End?
Socionomics predicts it will all end the same way Prohibition did

By Susan C. Walker
5/20/2011 11:00:00 AM

Euan Wilson of The Socionomics Institute studied the alcohol and drug prohibition eras to see if there were similarities. His research includes the role of social mood during prohibition, and provides a fascinating look at when and why society sanctions drugs -- and when society decides enough is enough.

Filed Under: Drug War, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist

Category: Socionomics

Socionomics Really Can Give You Answers No One Else Can
Who is most likely to win elections? When are wars most likely to be started? Which TV shows and movies are most likely to do well? The scope of socionomic applications is immense

By Vadim Pokhlebkin
4/11/2011 12:30:00 PM

I left the former Soviet Union to come to America in 1992. It may surprise you to learn that growing up in the "Evil Empire" in the 1970s and '80s wasn't that different from coming of age somewhere in America's Midwest. Yet most of the rest of the world considered the old Soviet Union to be a vastly different place. So when the USSR finally dissolved in 1991, many people around the world breathed a collective sigh of relief. But here's a question that bothered me for a long time...

Filed Under: Robert Prechter, Drug War, Elliott wave, fundamental analysis, herding, Robert Prechter, Random Walk Theory, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics

Category: Socionomics

North Carolina May Say Yes to Pot: Here's the Socionomic Angle

By Nathaniel Williams
4/7/2011 3:00:00 PM

The list of states proposing and passing bills to legalize medical marijuana continues to grow. Two years ago in The Socionomist, Euan Wilson foresaw the trend.

Filed Under: Drug War, marijuana, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist

Category: Socionomics

WikiLeaks Overdose?
WikiLeaks Under Attack; Cables Reveal Diplomatic Tension over Drug Wars in Mexico: Socionomics Can Help

By Jill Noble
12/3/2010 4:45:00 PM

As today's headlines report, WikiLeaks is under fire as leaked cables shed light on diplomatic tensions worldwide. Growing concern about authoritarianism and the drug wars in Mexico has been on the socionomic radar for months -- find out why.

Filed Under: authoritarianism, Drug War, Robert Prechter, social mood, socionomics, The Socionomist

Category: Cultural Trends

They Could Have Shot Any of Us
The drug war brings danger to everyman’s doorstep

By Alan Hall
9/4/2009 2:15:00 PM

Imagine that you've gone to a local convenience store to withdrawn money from an ATM. You walk back out, get in your car and begin backing up... when a black Cadillac SUV pulls next to you. A man jumps out and stands in front of your car. He's pointing a gun. He's yelling. You're frightened. You want to escape. What would you do?

Filed Under: Drug War, social mood

Category: Cultural Trends

Who Would've Guessed? Mexico Decriminalizes Marijuana

By Neil Beers
8/25/2009 10:30:00 AM

Mexico has taken an important step in fulfilling a forecast from the July 2009 Socionomist: President Felipe Calderón just approved a law that decriminalizes small-scale possession of several different drugs.

Filed Under: Drug War, marijuana, socionomics, The Socionomist

Category: Cultural Trends

Mexican Violence and the Stock Markets
Plugging your ears won't make it go away

By Euan Wilson
7/15/2009 6:30:00 PM

More than 10,000 people have died violently in less than two years. A single city has seen over 1,000 murders in only seven months. Today the conflict is more deadly than Iraq and Afghanistan. And it is right on our doorstep.

Filed Under: Drug War, marijuana

Category: Cultural Trends