Last week, State Rep. Darryl Rouson filed his first bill for the 2009 session. His focus: drug paraphernalia.
HB 99 would charge a 5 percent tax on any items listed as drug paraphernalia in Florida statutes, regardless of whether the paraphernalia was sold for legal purposes or not. (Hmmm…that sounds a lot like the federal drug stamp tax.)
That last line is a key part — Rouson is going after so-called "headshops."
This article appears in Dec 17-23, 2008.