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==Drew Carey Project and Reason TV==
Comedian and ''[[The Price Is Right (U.S. game show)|The Price Is Right]]'' host [[Drew Carey]] serves on the board of trustees at Reason Foundation. According to an interview by Katherine Herrup of ''[[The New York Sun]]'' with [[Nick Gillespie]] (current editor-in-chief of [[Reason.tv#Reason TV|Reason TV]]), Carey initially proposed the idea for Reason TV after reading ''Reason'' magazine for years. He then both appeared in and narrated many videos produced by Reason TV.<ref>{{cite news|last=McIntyre|first=Michael|title=Drew Carey explains why he wants to help save Cleveland and how he proposes to do it|url=http://blog.cleveland.com/metro/2010/03/drew_carey_explains_why_he_wan.html|access-date=14 September 2016|publisher=Cleveland Plain Dealer|date=March 14, 2010}}</ref>

One of the collaboration's first projects, Carey's video criticizing the [[Drug Enforcement Administration]]'s [[medical marijuana]] raids, received significant national attention,<ref>Associated Press and USA Today: "Drew Carey Defends Medical Marijuana" https://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-11-01-carey-marijuana_N.htm</ref> Some of his other videos for the foundation have promoted free trade; criticized the government's raids of local poker games and an Arizona attempt to ban dancing in a family restaurant (''Footloose in Arizona'');<ref>Arizona Republic: San Tan Flats Wins Dance Duel http://www.azcentral.com/community/pinal/articles/2008/04/30/20080430santanflat0430-on.html</ref> highlighted a ban on bacon-wrapped hot dogs in Los Angeles; detailed abuse of [[eminent domain]] laws; called for more toll roads to relieve congestion; argued for deregulation of organ donation (including kidneys and other organs); and called for immigration reform.<ref>Archive of Videos Produced by Drew Carey for Reason TV http://reason.tv/featuredvids {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925014225/https://reason.com/video/ |date=2024-09-25 }}</ref>

Reason TV produced a full-length documentary entitled ''Reason Saves Cleveland with Drew Carey'' applying success stories from around the United States to "save Cleveland." The documentary was awarded "Best Advocacy Journalism" at the 53rd Annual Southern California Journalism Awards by the Los Angeles Press Club.<ref>{{cite web|title=2011 Southern California Journalism Awards Winner|url=http://lapressclub.org/Resources/Documents/2011%20Southern%20California%20Journalism%20Awards%20Winner.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714050805/http://lapressclub.org/Resources/Documents/2011%20Southern%20California%20Journalism%20Awards%20Winner.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 14, 2015|publisher=Los Angeles Press Club|access-date=14 September 2016}}</ref>