Marijuana Tax Stamps

[originalblu]

what asshole came up with that law

originalblu Reviewed by originalblu on 03-22-2007. Marijuana Tax Stamps Well yesterday, I was on the NORML website, looking at what laws each state has regarding marijuana, and I found out that a lot of states have the marijuana tax stamp law. Now, no one really does this, but I thought I'd tell everyone who doesn't know, because if you get busted, and live in a state with the law, you can get even more screwed over, and get more jail time for evading taxes. Let me explain. The law requires you to put a stamp that says "Marijuana Tax Stamp" and your state name, Rating: 5

[GotWake88]

That was actually what they did to technically criminalize cannabis to begin with. They would say, "You can only have cannabis if you have a 'Marijuana Tax Stamp'". The only problem is, they didn't make them.

[GHoSToKeR]

Thanks for putting this information out there, I'm sure it'll benifit somebody! Where did you find this out?

Oh sorry, I saw you said the NORML site.. I should look there more often!

[BoilerUp]

Anyone here ever read Catch-22? It's a perfect example.

[hello3pat]

So you actually have to bring in the pot to get these? I have to admit, I would love to have one of those stamps, Texas' looks fucing crazy

[JaggedEdge]

1937 Marihuana Tax Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

"In 1969 in Leary v. United States, this act was found to be unconstitutional since it violated the Fifth Amendment, since a person seeking the tax stamp would have to incriminate him/herself.[1] In response the Congress passed the Controlled Substances Act as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970[2]. The 1937 Act was repealed by the 1970 Act."

If you type "marijuana tax stamp law" in google the first site is for NORML, the second is wikipedia.

Ignore all the other links, it was a result of copying it directly from wikipedia...

[40oz]

Didn't the government do that in the 30's or 40's with machine guns? There was a big problem with Gangsters having illegal Tommy guns so they said if you want to make you gun legal to come in a get a stamp, and when people went to get the stamp they were busted.

[ju99al0b0mb3r]

Oops my bad. The website is:

Stamps for sale

The guy who runs that site is a collector of different tax stamps and even sells some to other collectors. He has a few MJ stamps for sale. Check him out.

:wtf: :S2:
In order to purchase the stamps from the state, you have to apply for an official illegal drug dealers license (which costs $100 by the way). (Click here to see a copy of my license.) The assumption of course is that anyone dealing in illegal drugs will not bother to purchase the license. Although the law requires that the name & address of anyone purchasing the license and the stamps be kept confidential, you do have to supply the state with your name, address, phone number, and social security number. (Click here to see the order form.) One doubts that a criminal would be willing to provide that information. Since the law was passed over ten years ago,only 18 people have purchased the license (all presumably stamp collectors and stamp dealers). This includes Flying Buffalo's license. (For the record, Flying Buffalo Inc does not deal in illegal substances or condone the use of same. However we have always been fascinated with revenue stamps of all kinds.) [See the PS below]

[horror business]

Yeah, this is a prime example of a Catch 22 situation.

[LibertyOrDeath420]

* South Carolina
* Texas
* Massachusetts
* Alabama
* Kansas
* Nebraska