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Examining the Inspector General’s Report on Private Prisons
With Attorney General Jeff Sessions re-opening the door to private prisons, the agencies involved should look to improve monitoring and oversight in private prisons.
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Heat-Not-Burn Tobacco: The Next Wave Of A Harm-Reduction Revolution
A little-known tobacco technology, Heat-not-Burn (HNB), has the potential to slash smoking-related death and disease by appealing to the millions of smokers who've failed to quit using e-cigarettes and traditional nicotine-replacement therapies.
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An Education Savings Account Program for Texas
Public testimony before the Texas Senate Education Committee on Senate Bill 3
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Why Florida Needs a Safety Valve to Prevent Excessively Harsh Mandatory Minimum Sentences for Drug Offenses
Extending a safety valve to oxycodone and hydrocodone trafficking offenses would allow the state to better prioritize public safety and save millions of taxpayer dollars each year.
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Rhode Island’s Proposed E-Cigarette Tax Would Hurt Public Health and Economy
Rhode Island should do what public health officials in Great Britain do — encourage smokers who won’t or can’t quit cigarettes to switch to e-cigarettes.
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Florida Should Re-think Punitive Sentences and Increase Felony Theft Thresholds
As Florida’s neighboring states have shown, it is possible to raise felony theft thresholds and reduce larceny-theft offenses simultaneously.
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FDA Fails to Show How Proposed Rule on Smokeless Tobacco Would Improve Safety or Save Lives
The plan would potentially ban an entire category of tobacco products, create a black market to satisfy existing demand for products, and shutter over a thousand centuries-old farms.
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Banning Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Florida Communities Is a Bad Idea
Florida lawmakers are hammering out state rules and regulations for the industry, but most likely local governments will still be making permitting and zoning decisions for dispensaries.
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Surface Transportation News #161
Rights and wrongs of Interstate tolling
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How Trump’s FDA Pick Could Make it Easier for Americans to Quit Smoking
Left unchanged, the FDA's controversial deeming rule could remove up to 99 percent of vapor products from the market giving a major boost to big tobacco companies, according to Wells Fargo analyst Bonnie Herzog.
