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Contextualizing Gay‐Straight Alliances: Student, Advisor And Structural Factors Related To Positive Youth Development Among Members, Matthew P. Shaw
Contextualizing Gay‐Straight Alliances: Student, Advisor And Structural Factors Related To Positive Youth Development Among Members, Matthew P. Shaw
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
Gay-straight alliances (GSAs) may promote resilience. Yet, what GSA components predict well-being? Among 146 youth and advisors in 13 GSAs (58% lesbian, gay, bisexual, or questioning; 64% White; 38% received free/reduced-cost lunch), student (demographics, victimization, attendance frequency, leadership, support, control), advisor (years served, training, control), and contextual factors (overall support or advocacy, outside support for the GSA) that predicted purpose, mastery, and self-esteem were tested. In multilevel models, GSA support predicted all outcomes. Racial/ethnic minority youth reported greater well-being, yet lower support. Youth in GSAs whose advisors served longer and perceived more control and were in more supportive school contexts …
Marijuana Localism, Robert A. Mikos
Marijuana Localism, Robert A. Mikos
Vanderbilt Law School Faculty Publications
The states have wrested control of marijuana policy from the federal government, but they risk losing some of their newfound power to another player: local governments. Hundreds of local communities are now seeking to establish their own marijuana policies, from legalization to prohibition and a variety of idiosyncratic regulatory schemes in between. These local efforts raise one of the most important and unresolved questions surrounding marijuana law and policy: What authority, if any, should states give local governments to regulate marijuana? This Article provides some guidance on this question. It starts by identifying two competing considerations that help determine whether …