‘You’re being punished twice’: Man who spent 17 years in prison saddled with debt by NC drug tax law

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A little-known North Carolina state tax is costing people found with drugs millions of dollars every year. In return for discovering those drugs, police departments across the state get to keep most of the tax money, even when there’s not a criminal conviction. Passed by the…

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