In some states drug dealers have to pay taxes on their drugs. If they don't in South Carolina, they can be fined up to $10,000 and get up to five years in prison. Perhaps the state needs to get the word out better -- in fiscal year 2007-2008, the South Carolina Department of Revenue collected only $214.
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