Fri, 17 Feb 2006

Illegal weed moves into state's produce top 10

The market has spoken! But I doubt if any of the free market loving conservative Republicans now in control in Washington will ever listen to this kind of market talk.

On the other hand, this could be an result of the tax system, as cherries are taxed as agricultural produce, while Washington has no marijuana tax stamp. Go figure.

Law enforcement officers harvested a dubious record last year -- enough marijuana plants to rank the illegal weed as Washington state's No. 8 agricultural commodity, edging out sweet cherries in value.

(link) [CNN]

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