The divine right of Government to extort

This crop is perfectly legal to grow and according to the Government is worth millions of dollars.

Millions of dollars, yes, but not for the grower, nor for the distributor but rather for the Government, for whom it is a real cash cow.

But grow it without giving them their cut is an offense.

Of course the more rapacious the Government becomes the more worthwhile it becomes to bypass their collection racket.

Expect to see more of this as Government greed increases as their greed exceeds that of most mafia dons.