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Taxing Marijuana
Some experts want cannabis, especially marijuana, prohibited while others want it legalized along with a marijuana tax to pay for its ostensible...
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Taxing Sin
Conventional wisdom dictates that those goods which are said to cause harm or impose costs on society deserve a special tax. For centuries,...
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Conclusion: Don’t Tax Sin, Forgive It
This chapter summarizes the evidence for sin taxes and concludes that it is, at best, weak. Far too often, experts and other paternalists make the...
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The Coming Clash Over Migration Policy Between Canada and the United States
Canada and the United States have historically addressed conflicting issues in migration policy reactively rather than proactively. This chapter...
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Tax Your Sins, Experts Say
This chapter explains how sin taxes became a near-permanent strategy for governments to alter individual choice. It describes how sin taxes evolved...
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Taxing Twenty-First Century Sins
Paternalists have recently turned their attention toward meat, plastic bags, automation, and carbon. Each one allegedly creates tax-justifying...
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Type 3: Sexual Extortion aka Sexual Shakedowns
The evidence suggests that the most numerous form of police sexual abuse occurs when a law enforcement officer enters into a quid pro quoquid pro...
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Taxing Alcohol
Alcohol is said to impose harms, including healthcare costs and impaired driving, that warrant an alcoholic beverage tax. However, research shows...
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Introduction
Canada has a long and successful history of welcoming immigrants and resettling refugees, assisted by years of forward-looking policy and a unique...
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Energy and Food: The Megatrend of Megatrends
This chapter introduces the core data and concepts of energy. It provides a brief history of the concept of energy and distinguishes the concept of...
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Type 8: Child Molestation
The sample of on-duty police child molesters presented is not all that was found in the research for this book. They represent Illustrative Examples...
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Hot Springs
Devil’s Canyon. Easy to imagine Satan lea** among the thousand tilting towers of wind-ground stones. Warming his red ass on the shimmering white...
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Gamble v. U.S. on Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy—the protection against repeated attempts by the state to convict a citizen for the same offense—is one of the core constitutional...
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Drug Policy and Canada–US Relations: The Evidence and Its (Ir)relevance
The production, sale and consumption of cannabis are being fully legalized in Canada. In the United States, while much of the population lives in...
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Type 6: Custodial Sexual Misconduct
Custodial and detention workers classified as Law enforcement officers work in detention facilities at all levels of government. Municipal police...
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Endangered Species
Clyde Kastenbader pulls his brim forward, eclipsing an albino chipmunk face God never intended for the desert, hikes up his silver-studded belt, and,...
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Moving Toward Trauma-Informed and Human Rights-Based Social Policy: The Role of the Hel** Professions
This chapter addresses the value of preventing trauma, reducing its impact, and advancing human rights through social policy. We begin by discussing...
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How Leadership Works
In this chapter, the authors introduce the concept of a Leadership Operating System (OS) as the main mechanism through which leaders drive...
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Der surfende Biochemie-Kauz
Kalifornien, April 1983: Ein silberner Honda Civic schnurrt mit den Pacific Highway 101 hoch nach Mendocino – dorthin, wo die runzlig gewordenen...
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Im Marihuana-High
Saving Grace ist ein »feel good movie«, eine Filmkomödie aus dem Jahr 2000 mit liebenswürdig-schrägen Figuren rund ums Thema Marihuana-Konsum;...