I'd have to check 48 other state codes to be certain, but nah they almost definitely don't call them that in the statutes

For what it's worth, I get SNAP but still call it food stamps. I don't see it as negative or aggressive. I take your broader point and agree, but this is a kinda weird hill to die on.

Within the context of this person's question, it does not "cease to be informal" with your misinformation. Neither West Virginia, nor Oklahoma where I live, has anything labelled in the statute as a "sin tax".

This person is asking about the statute, not common parlance or your misunderstanding.

Can you point to where?

Because I just searched the West Virginia Code on the WV Legislature website and the word "sin" is nowhere to be found. You can find the word "evil" and "evils", but nowhere in the law does the word "sin" or "sins" exist.

According to AARP, 41 states charge sales tax on prescription medication

It is just an informal term used to describe a broad category of excise taxes on "immoral" things. They are also called vice taxes and sumptuary taxes. My state also has "sin taxes" but it's an informal grouping of laws, it's not a statutory description.

* a valid defense unless the order is patently unlawful, like massacring civilians, executing POWs, etc.

Does is come with a subscription service too? I've always wanted my kitchen gadgets to have a monthly fee.

Could you ask why the violent agitators in the LAPD were allow to brutalizing peaceful protesters and even your own reporters on live TV with impunity, or nah?

Hot take: racializing antifascism is bad actually. Why are libs like this!?