Sacramento News & Review, 07 Mar 2013 – Thank you so much for your column. As a stoner who loves to read, The 420 combines my favorite pastimes. I’ve had a question about dispensaries for a while, and maybe you can help: The other day, I stopped at a dispensary in Sacramento (don’t want to get anyone in trouble), and I was surprised to find they had a tax on their weed. They had plenty of signs that informed of the tax, and they even listed the price before the tax and after the tax. The weed was great, and it was only a $1.20-per-gram tax, so it wasn’t too much of a big deal, but is it allowed? This has been the only dispensary to ever tax me. I know the laws are already pretty confusing, but I thought that the only reason dispensaries were allowed to operate was because they don’t explicitly say they sell weed, but rather that they exchange weed for a "donation." It is through this loophole that they are able to slip through the federal law that prohibits selling weed. Or am I completely mistaken about everything?
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