Have A Drink, Prohibition Stinks: Remembering the Tyranny of Prohibition
History was made on this day in 1933 when the 18th amendment was repealed, effectively ending America’s national prohibition of alcohol, erasing what could arguably...
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Nearly A Third Of Smokers Will Opt For Black Market Marijuana After California Legalization
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Steve Birr Recreational marijuana legalization promises to rake in more than $5 billion for California in 2018, but nearly...
Vegetable Rationing In England Creates Black Market For Lettuce
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LISTEN TO TLR’S LATEST PODCAST: By Thomas Phippen Several grocery chains in the UK are limiting the amount of lettuce customers can buy in a single...
A History of Prohibition – Part 1: The Rise of the Mob
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“I am like any other man. All I do is supply a demand.” – Al Capone The temperance movement – the collective effort of some...
FDA’s E-Cigarette Regulation Is Triggering A Black Market
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By Guy Bentley The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new e-cigarette regulations, which could destroy 99 percent of the market, are triggering backlash from vaping advocates...
Legal Marijuana in U.S. Cutting Into Mexican Cartel Profits
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New data released from the United States Border Patrol shows that marijuana seizures along the border have fallen to their lowest level in a decade,...
Will the Government Screw Up Marijuana Legalization?
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Readers of The Libertarian Republic are well aware of all the problems government causes, including all the problems associated with cannabis prohibition. But if we...
Central Indiana “Spice Ring” Story is Like an Episode of Breaking Bad
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As if the story of Russell Taylor – former head of former Subway spokesman Jared Fogle’s charitable foundation – wasn’t bizarre enough, it turns out...
New York Loses $400 Million After Imposing The Nation’s Highest Cigarette Tax
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Guy Bentley New York is reaping the whirlwind of sky-high cigarette taxes with a wave of smuggling decimating the state’s revenue. New York holds the dubious...