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Claytronics · #51 03-23-2007, 01:55 PM

I cant even began to understand how its legal to tax something that is illegal.

entropic · #52 03-23-2007, 11:07 PM

More about the stamp act.

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In the United States, the 1937 Marihuana Tax Act, Pub. 238, 75th Congress, 50 Stat. 551 (Aug. 2, 1937), was one of the cornerstone bills that led to the criminalization of cannabis. It was introduced to U.S. Congress by Harry Anslinger, then Commissioner of the Federal Bureau of Narcotics.
The act did not itself criminalize the possession or usage of cannabis, but levied a tax equalling roughly one dollar on anyone who dealt commercially in marijuana. It did, however, include penalty provisions. Violations of proper procedure could result in a fine of up to $2000 and five years' imprisonment. The net effect was to make it too risky for anyone to deal in the substance.
The bill was passed on the grounds that cannabis caused "murder, insanity and death". Today, it is generally accepted that these reasons were fictitious; in 1951, Anslinger himself claimed that he had no evidence to support such a thesis. However, new reasons had emerged by then, which pushed through a bill that superseded the marijuana Tax Act of 1937.
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 The 1937 Act was repealed by the 1970 Act.
Although modern America uses the spelling "marijuana", in keeping with the most common spelling, the correct spelling for the Marihuana Tax Act is "Marihuana". "Marihuana" was the spelling most commonly used in Federal Government documents at the time. In keeping with prior law, it is still spelled "Marihuana" in some congressional bills such as HR 3037, the Industrial Hemp Farming Act of 2005.

mckinney madness · #53 05-04-2009, 07:10 AM

the whole world is up there own arses, judging other people and laying laws down telling others what they can and cannot do just so they can protect their own image! up ontil the last centuryn the world didint give a flying fuck and now we live in the biggest bullshit timeline, legalize marijuana, legalize mushrooms let us live our own lives and be happier than most people in the world!! im sorry im pissed cus the headline today still isnt "Its Finally Legal"