Taxing Illegal Drugs
How States Dabble in Drugs and Why They Shouldn't; Policy Study 357
Paul Messino
February 1, 2007
For around $8.00, you can get a gram of marijuana most places in the United States. Most of this is profit. It's not necessary to be a dealer in order to get a piece of the potpie; in fact, 21 states are already carving themselves a slice.
http://reason.org/news/show/1002855.html
Hit link then go to the bottom under This Study's Materials and hit link (Fall Study) it will open the PDF file for you to read. This is a very informative study showing how it is SKIRTING ON BEING UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
EDUCATE AND INFORM
While calling to find Georgia's Marijuana Tax Stamp Application 877-423-6711 on Feb 14 I was connected with a nice gentleman Frank Oconnell(GA department of revenue tax policy and law advisor) who would call me back yesterday. Today I was able through 30 minutes on phone to be able to get in touch with Mr. Oconnell and find out that he had asked the GA Attorney General. Through his conversation he was told that they could not enforce this law in GA because of the DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE OF MONTANA v. KURTH RANCH decision.
http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/93-144.ZS.html
WOW how can other states apply if he is saying the tax violates the constitutional prohibition against successive punishments for the same offense?????????
PLEASE LETS READ MORE INTO THIS AND THE PAPER FROM REASON.ORG MORE.
HOW CAN OTHER STATES ALLOW IF FOUND OUT TO BE UNCONSTITUTIONAL??????????
Paul Messino is a Project Management Specialist at the John Locke Foundation. Paul has been with JLF for five years, originally as an editorial intern while finishing his undergraduate degree in English and Philosophy from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
Paul organizes the Foundation's events, and is also the office liaison for two of the John Locke Foundation's daughter groups, the North Carolina Education Alliance (NCEA) and the Center for Local Innovation (CLI).
He occasionally writes for Carolina Journal, the John Locke Foundation’s monthly newspaper. He has also been published in The News & Observer of Raleigh, A World Connected, and Institute for Human Studies Web site, and The Freeman. One recent article, "Taxing Illegal Drugs: How States Dabble in Drugs and Why They Shouldn't," was published by the Reason Foundation.
http://www.johnlocke.org/site-docs/speakers/messino.html
His paper is awesome and very informative. Please thank him for all his help.
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Take care and FIGHT ON