[268] in libertarians
Re: MOTHER OF TWO CONVICTED FOR MEDICAL MARIJUANA -- PLEASE HELP
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (sybok@MIT.EDU)
Tue Sep 27 11:53:34 1994
From: sybok@MIT.EDU
To: libertarians@MIT.EDU
Date: Tue, 27 Sep 1994 11:52:01 EDT
>Now a 37 year old mother of two teenagers, Pleas was convicted in an Iowa
>District Court last August for possession of marijuana, a misdemeanor
>carrying up to six months in prison, and not having a tax stamp for the
>marijuana, a felony carrying up to five years.
Doesn't the requirement for a "marijuana tax stamp" violate the 5th
amendment protection against self-incrimination? (I.e., requiring a tax
stamp be obtained for illegal activity is compelling self-incrimination,
which is unconstitutional.)
