What kind of idiot smuggles pot into California?

[ripcord]

I flew back from Canada and someone a a few people in front of me of me got pulled out of line by customs and as he was walking away he was saying that it was just pot for personal use. Who the heck smuggles pot over an international border to a place where it is readily available everywhere?

[Phoenix61]

1. The really big kind. nt

[SWBTATTReg]

2. Stuff that they don't have to pay taxes on?

[Phoenix61]

3. I was recently in Roatan, Honduras and was

surprised how many people brought their vape pens in. No way in hell I’m risking jail in Honduras.

[AntivaxHunters]

4. Well....

I can sort of understand it but at the same time it's quite obvious this person was not "hip" to the law(s).

Weed is legal in Canada.
Weed is legal in California.

You can bring alcohol across the border but can't bring weed which is legal in both Canada & California? If there ever was a reason showing how outdated and out of touch we are as a society when it comes to weed, this is most certainly it. I don't blame the person bringing in a small amount of weed to the country. I blame out prehistoric laws and the lawmakers who have done nothing but exacerbate the problem.

BFD, the person had a little bit of weed on them for personal use. And?
Canada makes this country look like we're living in the 1800s still. Canada is what America *should* be for all intents & purposes; from healthcare to our social safety net.

[ripcord]

5. FYI it is illegal to bring cannabis across the Canadian border

And this guy isn't going to face California law, his actions were a federal offense so he is facing prison time. You should always check the laws on what you are bringing into a country, even food can get you into a lot of trouble.

[AntivaxHunters]

7. It just says how backwards laws are

You can bring tobacco and alcohol in & out but weed? Nope we can't have that now can we?
It's outdated and backwards thinking. Nothing but.
Nobody should be facing prison time for this. Nobody. If he was trafficking, ok fine, but I'm sure some random dude from Canada with a baggie for a few bong hits isn't Pablo Escobar or the head of the Sinaloa Cartel. Meanwhile cops walk the street after killing black people because they had weed on them? Nah. The whole system is ancient & needs to be completely upended and redone.

[ripcord]

8. Unprocessed pot will probably never be allowed across international borders

It is a raw agricultural product until processed.

[AntivaxHunters]

9. Never say never when it comes to politics

[Mr.Bill]

15. Not to mention if he was

in a US airport he was on federal property.

[stopdiggin]

11. what you say is true

What's also true is the face palm involved in an ever increasing level of 'entitlement.'
At what point do we get a little fed up with the boatloads of knuckleheads - that just don't think any of the rules apply to them? Myself - I'm probably not going to 'assume' a whole lot of anything - when it comes to entering or exiting a foreign country. Get your sh*t in a row before heading to the airport! The 'no big deal' argument is just kind of - juvenile. And tired.

[AntivaxHunters]

14. Weed laws are inherently racist

Nobody should be sitting in prison for this. Stuff like this is why we have the highest rate of incarceration in the world and many of these dinosaur laws impact POC.

At what point do we begin changing these laws & voting out the people who support them?

[stopdiggin]

16. which completely ignores the aspect of

other countries (Canada, Mexico, UK, Honduras, et.al) all trying to enforce their own laws. But, hey - "Freedum!'

(crossing an international border is not the same thing as clubbing on Saturday night. leave your sh*t at home.)

[AntivaxHunters]

17. Unsure how it ignores things

when it should be legalized regardless of what country. It should be treated as the same as liquor.
If you can cross the border of countries with alcohol then you should be able to cross it with weed too.

Just because something is law doesn't mean that it's right.

[stopdiggin]

18. this guy isn't protesting an unjust law

he's just an asshat trying to slide through customs with prohibited items.
(and by the way, better luck with that in US or UK - rather than in Hungry or Myanmar)

[Initech]

6. There's a weed store like literally 5 minutes from Orange County Airport.

[DavidDvorkin]

10. It's the modern version of carrying coals to Newcastle.

[WarGamer]

12. Probably because the certified and State legal stuff is $$$$$

[MrsCoffee]

13. Yep. Wicked expensive in California. Not sure what the costs are in Canada.

But he has bigger problems now for sure.