Taxing Reservation sales, Now this…
The burning question? How do you put a tax stamp on a sandwich baggie? That’s assuming Pot is still packaged the same way it was in the 70’s.
The administration, following the lead of 29 other states with similar laws, contends it also can obtain revenues when illegal drugs are confiscated and dealers are forced to pay taxes if they do not have stamps on the drugs.
Which means that each bust will bring in more money than they will ever collect from on - reservation gas or cigarette sales.
January 23rd, 2008 at 6:53 pm
You know, I’d be willing to bet both pot dealers and smokers would be more than happy to pay this tax if the state would just do the logical thing and legalize it.
January 24th, 2008 at 8:32 am
everything old is new again…the spitzer proposal reads like the Marijuana Tax Act of 1937, oy vey!
January 27th, 2008 at 8:02 pm
What happens to all the cash that is found when there is a “drug bust”. Do the police divvy it up among them or is it used for a “worth while cause’?
January 28th, 2008 at 8:22 pm
It will probably go to the state General fund, unless they have it specifically earmarked for the law enforcement.
January 29th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
Mom and Pauldub,
I happen to have some knowledge about that.
Vehicles and cash that are confiscated in drug busts are typically forfeit. The drug unit of the law enforcement agency, or the particular drug task force, get to keep all of the money but they are only allowed to spend it on equipment. So sometimes they send it to me at http://www.WatchThatCar.com and then I take the drug money and spend it at E.B.Green’s.