Smoker decides to grow his own tobacco

cleveland.com ^ | 6/28/09 | Jim Carney

[Nachum]

(AP) — AKRON, Ohio - Standing on brown earth on a flat field hundreds of yards from the nearest road, Don Carey is surrounded by tiny plants.

He walks along a three-quarter-acre plot in a desolate spot in this rural township in northeastern Portage County and looks at the thousands of tobacco plants he is growing.

Carey, 49, decided in April, when federal taxes on tobacco skyrocketed, to grow his own.

[Sarajevo]

Got it! Thanx!

[ctdonath2]

Worse: see the Raich decision. Flatly stated that reducing demand in an illegal interstate market is actionable; opens the door to up-the-wazoo regulation of anything (including oh-dark-thirty dynamic raids), and I'd guess tobacco would be a prime candidate.

[ctdonath2]

See my #82. You’ve hit on the link that I was trying to recall when writing it.

[Still Thinking]

What taxes? He wouldn’t have to pay taxes if he grew tomatoes and ate them himself. Why would he have to pay for growing tobacky?

[Nate505]

The founders also grew their own hemp. That is also extremely illegal to grow.

[jpsb]

What would grow well in hot humid South East Texas? I am looking for a winter crop.

[Deadeye Division]

Update, September 5, 2009:

http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/57395497.html

[Nachum]

Great article