They made money off of cigarette and tobacco taxes, too. AFAIK, all the states did. Not that that will stop a lawsuit to ‘defray medical expenses’ or some such nonsense. Like the tobacco settlement, diddley squat will be spent on sick smokers, but lawyers will get fat off the proceeds.
Exactly.
The States are whores.
They’ll eagerly tax a product and benefit from its consumption and then demand a cut of the settlement.