Wrap: A drug tax bill proposed in the Missouri House would require drug dealers to pay taxes on their drugs.

Democratic Representative Jeff Roorda sponsors the measure and says it would help crack down on drug trafficking. He also says sending drug dealers that are addicted to drugs to jail isn't the solution.

Roorda says the taxes collected from the drug dealers would go to help people with drug addictions.

Reporting from the state capitol, I'm Ke'yanna Johnson.

Wrap: The bill would require drug dealers to purchase a tax stamp to put on their illegal drugs.

For example, the bill would require dealers to pay a tax of 50-dollars per each gram of cocaine, or 3-dollars and fifty cents for each gram of marijuana.

The measure was introduced by Democratic Representative Jeff Roorda. He says the taxes collected would go to help people with drug addictions.

Roorda also says if dealers are caught without the tax stamp on their drugs, they would have to pay the required tax on top of other charges.

Reporting from the state capitol, I'm Ke'yanna Johnson.