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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In the past, a roach found in a Canadian vehicle wanting to cross into the USA was a big concern. Still is. SO concerning, in fact, that that vehicle never went back to Canada. Confiscated. Those people, or just the driver of that vehicle, were subject to a lifetime ban to enter USA.
As far as a drunk driving convictions, it is the same, both ways. Canadian laws ape the US laws (not the other way around). One can get a pardon some times, if you are willing to get a lawyer on your case. That would cost you dearly, and only a small percentage will consider it, and it doesn't always work. I know people who take direct flights into Mexico, while their wife drives over two borders and picks then up for the rest of the trip. Passports as well...even as the borders checkpoints of European countries disappeared, American borders made such documents mandatory.
But getting back to pot, Canadian border guards were always quick to ignore that Americans smoked it, as long as they didn't bring it across with them.
As far as a drunk driving convictions, it is the same, both ways. Canadian laws ape the US laws (not the other way around). One can get a pardon some times, if you are willing to get a lawyer on your case. That would cost you dearly, and only a small percentage will consider it, and it doesn't always work. I know people who take direct flights into Mexico, while their wife drives over two borders and picks then up for the rest of the trip. Passports as well...even as the borders checkpoints of European countries disappeared, American borders made such documents mandatory.
But getting back to pot, Canadian border guards were always quick to ignore that Americans smoked it, as long as they didn't bring it across with them.
