I know the headline in the paper threw me for a loop. Why would Americans to to the Canadian border and try claiming refugee status??
Apparently, you have a wierd understanding of the new marijuana laws here.
Since passing the new controversial marijuana law, American’s have been coming to the Canadian border and claiming medical marajuana refugee status. (woulda been handy in high school for skipping those boring classes)
Apparently some Americans thuink we can smoke freely here without penalty while others feel that we have legalized marijuana.
In 2002, one could walk down the main downtown thoroughfare while smoking a joint, the cops didn’t do anything because they know that it would get dragged through the courst costing a lot of money and the city couldn’t issue a fine or press criminal charges that would stick, it was expensive for the city and the taxpayers.
All they have done now is decriminalize it so they can write tickets for offenders and get some money back into the system. NOW, if someone was to walk down the street smoking a joint, they get fined, if they have less than 1/2 ounce.
MORE: http://tinyurl.com/j6xr
So all in all, smokers didn’t benefit, the government did (as usual) but oh well, life goes on and nothing seems to have really changed here.
Not quite the uprising of free dope to the world that was expected by some.
OM
