Showing posts with label black market. Show all posts
Showing posts with label black market. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 12, 2024

Arguments against paying for plasma and other Substances of Human Origin (SoHO)

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 Substances of Human Origin (SoHO) have a growing, often lifesaving role in modern medicine, from breast milk for premature babies, to kidne...
Sunday, October 20, 2024

Italy criminalizes surrogacy from abroad

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 Italy has banned its citizens from accessing surrogacy in other countries where it is legal.  It will be interesting to see how they enforc...
Saturday, September 21, 2024

Should fox hunters be a protected minority?

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  The NYT reports on the question: Fox Hunters in the U.K. Want Protected Status Under Discrimination Law. A lobbying group is preparing a b...
Saturday, July 20, 2024

Black markets in everything bagels (in S. Korea)

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 South Korea is not a hub of everything bagels, it turns out. In fact they are banned. The NYT has the story: Why Everything Bagel Seasoning...
Friday, July 12, 2024

Growth pains for legal marijuana, in Germany and New York

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Transitioning from a thriving black market for marijuana to a regulated legal market isn't so easy. The Guardian has the story from Germ...
Tuesday, June 25, 2024

Participating in the Haj through the black market

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 Saudi Arabia is a bit more open to tourism than it used to be, and that may be making it easier for black market operators to bring pilgrim...
Monday, June 24, 2024

Buying exit from Gaza

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 It's hard to leave Gaza. The NYT has the story: When the Only Escape From War in Gaza Is to Buy a Way Out . For many Palestinians, secu...
Sunday, June 23, 2024

Black markets for cigarettes in Gaza

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  The WSJ has the story: At $25 Each, Cigarettes Are Turning Gaza Aid Trucks Into Targets   By Stephen Kalin, Dov Lieber and Fatima AbdulKar...
Wednesday, June 12, 2024

Nicotine is hard to ban: Juul wins a reprieve from the FDA, and illegal vapes flood the market

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 Here are two stories by Jennifer Maloney at the WSJ: FDA Rescinds Juul Ban, Opening Door for Federal Clearance. E-cigarette maker’s product...
Wednesday, June 5, 2024

Paying college athletes before it was legal

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 Yesterday I blogged about the new NCAA rules on allowing college athletes to be paid:  The ban on paying college athletes is history It wil...
Tuesday, April 30, 2024

Proposed age-adjusted smoking ban in the U.K.

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  The BBC has the story, about a proposal to ban smoking for everyone currently under the age of 18. (What could go wrong?) What is the UK ...