The commission cites examples of countries and US states that have moved down the decriminalisation road.
And there are examples of countries that choose to go against public opinion.
What are some examples of countries that are not allies responding to one another in this way?
To be sure, history offers numerous examples of countries, including the United States, meddling in one another's elections.
In fact, there are examples of countries that drastically cut spending and grew, like Denmark in the 1980s.
Of course, oil and minerals don't always lead to bad outcomes: Britain and Norway are 20th-century examples of countries that managed to invest their oil bounties wisely.
Profile the media coverage of the governments of Germany, the Netherlands, Britain, or New Zealand, some examples of countries that have significant military presences in other countries.
The free traders argue that China, India, Taiwan and Vietnam are examples of countries that increased economic growth and reduced income inequality by opening markets.
History is littered with examples of countries such as Argentina, where growth slows so much that they never join the ranks of the rich.
Before the euro was introduced, it was really anybody's guess how much this ultimately mattered: there were relatively few examples of countries using other nations' currencies.
All this would be paid for, Crittenden says, by an unspecified combination of taxes and reallocation of federal resources, and she points to the examples of countries such as Sweden to suggest how it might be done.
