Oh - I thought that was whyit was the IRS police that managed to get Capone!

Isn't the difference something quite logical - like if there is any potential medically beneficial use they do it by tax, so that they don't need to unban" it to exploit the medical advantages, rather they can just tax exempt licenced companies.

Anyway - whatever, the argument is still the same - if you increase the tax on something you encourage people to try to smuggle it in under the wire to avoid it. Which seems to me to be the problem with cigarettes in this country now coming not from Spain or Germany but from south east Asia or Africa."