Post by Connie on Apr 3, 2008 9:00:35 GMT -5
I honestly thought this story was an april fools joke but then started looking into it:
www.ktvb.com/news/magicvalley/stories/ktvbn-apr0108-cassia_meth_bust.20ffbe02.html
Then I found this article:
The fact that dealing marijuana and controlled substances is illegal does not exempt it from taxation. Drug dealers are required by law to purchase drug tax stamps and place them on the drug containers just like manufacturers must place state tax stamps on alcohol or cigarettes.
morningsun.net/stories/041904/loc_20040419112.shtml
And one more (apparently some states have decided this was a bad idea after all)
www.flyingbuffalo.com/stamps.htm
Minidoka County Prosecutor Nicole Cannon says each have been charged with one count of drug trafficking and three counts of failure to affix illegal drug tax stamps. Each charge carries a minimum sentence of 10 years.
www.ktvb.com/news/magicvalley/stories/ktvbn-apr0108-cassia_meth_bust.20ffbe02.html
Then I found this article:
The fact that dealing marijuana and controlled substances is illegal does not exempt it from taxation. Drug dealers are required by law to purchase drug tax stamps and place them on the drug containers just like manufacturers must place state tax stamps on alcohol or cigarettes.
morningsun.net/stories/041904/loc_20040419112.shtml
And one more (apparently some states have decided this was a bad idea after all)
Since I wrote the above, something interesting has happened. The authorities in Arizona arrested a fellow who was selling marijuana, and he had a license and had put the tax stamps on his "product". A judge decided that if the state sold him a license, they shouldn't arrest him for selling the product so licensed. So he dismissed the charges against the fellow. The last I heard, the state had appealed and the case was still wending its way through court. Personally, I think the fellow is going to eventually end up in jail, but in the meantime, suddenly the license and the stamps are very popular. So popular, that they have sold out the original stamps and printed a new edition.
www.flyingbuffalo.com/stamps.htm