Pot users not allowed into USA from Canada
Tuesday the L.A. Times had a "Boo Hoo Poor Me" article regarding a Canadian who answered yes when asked by US customs if he had ever smoked pot, he was denied entrance. Canada is about to legalize po...
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azrving wrote:SideHillSoup wrote:
It’s illgal by law to smoke pot federally in the USA, however, it sounds like these people were not in the USA when they were puffing up, so what law did they break in the USA?
I didn’t know there was a USA law stating that if you do something that is “legal” in one country will stop you from entering another country. Now don’t take this the wrong way, I don’t smoke pot, or does anyone in my family, so that’s not the point here. Just wondering what law they broke in the USA by smoking pot in Canada?
I totally agree with you, follow the laws of the country your in.
My family on both sides of the boarder have been doing so since the 30’s when part of our family immigrated to the USA.
At the same time what law is the USA citizen breaking when entering Canada and they have an old dui that is over and done with. Time served, fine paid, license renewed?
DUI/Impaired Driving/Over 80 mgs per are all offences/convictions that fall under the Criminal Code of Canada. Unless an American with a past DUI undergoes a process in the USA that is the equivalent of getting a Canadian pardon, CBSA can decide that they still have a criminal record (under our CCoC) and can be denied admission to Canada on that basis.
It works the other way, too. CBP border agents (aka admission Gods) can refuse admission to the US for any reason. You can challenge the ruling in some cases, but typically the border agent you get at primary inspection can send you back on a whim. Or, a whiff?
If you smoke weed up here, it's still considered a federal offence in the USA, and the borders are manned by DHS/CBP staff, so if you admit to breaking a US federal law to a CBP agent, you might get turned around.
