We begin with a listener email and discuss bad movies we enjoy and movies with large cultural footprints.

A listener answers John’s last trivia question and John offers another.

We dive into “victimless crimes,” revisiting gambling from last week. We wonder if winning and exploitation are synonymous.

Tim builds a case for concern over cannabis and the mixed incentives for governments who profit from its sales.

John reviews the cost of a currently failing system and the benefits of regulation and taxation.

John’s whack-job has started doing what he believes far too late and just looks inconsistent.

Tim’s heroes are brew pub employees who wouldn’t let someone go in the drink.

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Harmfulness Tax: Legalize and Tax Drugs

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VIP gambling

A Systematic Review: Adolescent Cannabis Use and Suicide

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