If you're a drug dealer in Tennessee, you might want to go get an easier job, like a grocery clerk or something. Or maybe just pack up and move to another state. Hey, someone has to sell weed to those Kentucky farm boys....

Tennessee has something called the Unauthorized Substances Tax, a concept so ridiculous that it's almost brilliant. Basically, it's a tax on contraband like marijuana and cocaine. If you possess more than a certain amount of a controlled substance, you're required to pay a tax on it.

Huh? Pay a tax for dope? How? By purchasing tax stamps from the state's Department of Revenue and affixing them to your drugs, that's how.

Hmm, OK. So if I pay the tax, my illegal stuff becomes legal? Yay! Not so fast, crackhead. Your drugs are still totally illegal.

So why the hell should I pay the tax? Well, two reasons.... First, it's the law, and we expect all drug dealers to follow the law. Second, if we catch you with contraband that don't have government tax stamps, you're not just going to jail for illegal drug possession. We'll get you for tax evasion too! And we'll take all your money! Bwahaha!

Like I said, it's ridiculous and brilliant.