Tag: taxes

  • How Government Tax Policies on Tobacco and Cannabis Fuel the Black Market

    How Government Tax Policies on Tobacco and Cannabis Fuel the Black Market

    Taxation is a crucial tool for generating government revenue, but when applied unevenly across states, it can create unintended consequences—specifically, fueling the very black markets lawmakers aim to suppress. This phenomenon has been evident in the tobacco industry for decades and is now repeating itself in the emerging legal cannabis market. By examining how tax…