Posted on 10/11/2018 11:12:16 AM PDT by jerod
U.S. Customs and Border Protection says Canadian citizens working in the cannabis industry should be able to enter the U.S. for reasons unrelated to the marijuana industry.
The agency updated its website Tuesday, providing a measure of clarity after a vague statement last month left the industry and investors facing uncertainty about travel of any kind to the U.S.
That statement sparked weeks of confusion and rumours that those tied to the cannabis industry could face lifetime bans from the U.S.
It read that "As marijuana continues to be a controlled substance under United States law, working in or facilitating the proliferation of the legal marijuana industry in U.S. states where it is deemed legal or Canada may affect admissibility to the U.S."
It's been updated to say that for travel unrelated to the industry, these same people will "generally" be allowed into the U.S.
"A Canadian citizen working in or facilitating the proliferation of the legal marijuana industry in Canada, coming to the U.S. for reasons unrelated to the marijuana industry will generally be admissible to the U.S., however, if a traveller is found to be coming to the U.S. for a reason related to the marijuana industry, they may be deemed inadmissible," the statement reads...
(Excerpt) Read more at cbc.ca ...
It’s legal there.
They have a job.
The job likely guarantees they’ll return to Canada.
I don’t see what the big deal is frankly.
Clay or ceramic?
As an Uber driver I now know of at least four places they sell it in Orange county, Calif. I drop off folks, and have dropped off an employee. This is small potatoes
Just don't take your work with you.
Are we not very close to allowing the same thing here in the USA? The present status of pot laws is twisted and confusing.
You can still get in big trouble if you sell, but possession is okay in some circumstances and in some states.
For your interest.
No! Should stop them at the border. Otherwise, I guess Mexican and other drug lords are equally welcomed? No, you work with federally-illegal drugs, you get turned away at the border OR ARRESTED.
Here in Mass. you can buy it but you can’t sell it. Makes no sense.
The voters (whether right or wrong) voted to legalize the stuff for recreational use. The politicians know better, of course, and they just keep putting up roadblocks. So it’s sort of legal and sort of not. My government at work.
This make more sense. Glad they clarified this.
And yet misdomenor dwi drivers are denied entry to canada where it is a felony.
I don’t have a problem with these folks crossing the border.
I also don’t have a problem with those 2 nations legalizing cannabis.
Hopefully over time, our nation will do similarly.
Authoritarian prohibitionists be damned!
I don’t know. Prohibition was pretty dang dumb and we all know how that worked out.
I don’t like pot personally but I don’t think I should be judging those who use it for recreational or medicinal purposes after work; especially in the comfort of their own home. It’s better than stopping off at the bar on the way home for a snoot full I guess. DUI’s are really harsh these days.
Marijuana infused water , ice tea ,hummus ,chocolate ,gum and sweetener for baking and everything else
I used to be deadset against any form of legalization, but I’ve changed. In view of gangs and criminals surrounding this substance, legalizing some aspects of use may be the only way to reduce the value of black markets for it.
Even the new president of Mexico is now considering legalizing some areas of use. Otherwise, more and more cops are killed by drug lords who possess superior weaponry and have no rules of engagement to worry about.
Yes. I think the people who really, really want it to remain illegal are the criminals in the US and in Mexico. They make money off it. When it gets legalized, the financial situation changes and does not benefit them as much.
What about pharmacists? They work with controlled substances. If the substance is legal in Canada, then what is the problem?
I applaud your willingness to learn from accumulated facts - a quintessentially conservative trait, IMO. But legalizing use, although the liberty-respecting thing to do, will do nothing to reduce the value of black markets. Only legalizing sale (and keeping sales taxes non-extreme) will have that effect, as consumers turn away from the criminal market to the legal market.
I looked at the legal weed prices. $80 for a quarter ounce. I say no more.
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