Exactly, everything comes down to money, if the government could find a way to tax it like they do alcohol and cigarettes it would be legal.
Simple as that.
Iowa Code chapter 453B imposes a tax on “dealers” who possess, distribute, or offer to sell “taxable substances” as defined therein. The taxes imposed by Iowa Code chapter 453B are due and payable immediately upon manufacture, production, acquisition, purchase, or possession by a dealer. Payment of the tax is evidenced by a stamp , label, or other official indicia permanently affixed to the taxable substance.
If I remember correctly the stamps are available from the department of revenue and they are not “allowed” to share you personal information with law enforcement. The prices for tax stamps are $750 for marijuana plants, $5 per gram of marijuana, $250 per gram of most any other controlled substance.
The catch to this is you must first have the goods to get the stamps, therefore breaking the law while trying to abide another law. You must present that you have an alotted amount to sell to buy the stamps, but possession without the stamp is illiegal, so you’re busted right there. It’s a nice little trap.[/quote]
I’m pretty sure that you can buy the stamps before you actually purchase or manufacture the drug. The stamps are good for six months after purchase and can be ordered through the mail, so proof of current possession is not necessary.
Well just remember if you are buying your drugs and there isn’t a tax stamp attached, don’t buy them because the drug dealer is breaking the law… What?
[quote]JokerFMJ wrote:
I always love when people say use the argument that alcohol is worse for you so pot should be legal. It’s just such faulty logic.[/quote]
In some ways I have to agree. For most people alcohol isn’t used as an in toxicant.
But when both are used as an intoxicant than I think you would have a valid argument. Now I think its debatable as to which is worse, but even that is questionable given that sides can very from person to person.
[quote]p-dubs wrote:
I’m pretty sure that you can buy the stamps before you actually purchase or manufacture the drug. The stamps are good for six months after purchase and can be ordered through the mail, so proof of current possession is not necessary.
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Look it up. This is the way the stamp act of 1937 went. You first ahd to show proof of what you had to sell to get the stamps. However, possession and selling your goods without a stamp was illegal. So to try to go legit with your trade, if you showed up to get the stamps, with your drugs to sell, you were breaking the law for having it without stamps and were heavily fined, if not arrested.
[quote]BigRagoo wrote:
p-dubs wrote:
I’m pretty sure that you can buy the stamps before you actually purchase or manufacture the drug. The stamps are good for six months after purchase and can be ordered through the mail, so proof of current possession is not necessary.
Look it up. This is the way the stamp act of 1937 went. You first ahd to show proof of what you had to sell to get the stamps. However, possession and selling your goods without a stamp was illegal. So to try to go legit with your trade, if you showed up to get the stamps, with your drugs to sell, you were breaking the law for having it without stamps and were heavily fined, if not arrested.
The federal drug tax stamp was discontinued in 1969. The current tax stamp laws were started by the states in the 1980’s. Iowa’s tax stamp laws were put in effect in 1990. I couldn’t find much on LA tax stamp laws. In Iowa though no proof of possession is required and you’re personal information is not gathered.