I believe the correct answer is: a token economy.
A token economy represents a form of behavior modification
which is designed to increase desirable behavior and decrease undesirable
behavior with the use of tokens. When individuals display desirable behavior,
they receive tokens. The collected tokens may later be exchanged for a
meaningful object or privilege.
Since Tim suffers from attention deficit hyperactivity
disorder (adhd), his teachers and parents apply a token economy to reward him
with stars for desirable behaviors.
Enslaved people counted in the state population.
The Bible can be harmful when someone uses its content for evil. Even though the Bible is meant to inspire hope and love in modern Christian theology, people can twist its words in a negative way and use it to justify negative actions. Alcohol, on the other hand, was often seen as a negative; but it is all about the person using it,