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I foresee many Americans moving to Canada.
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| jester |
| quote: | The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they're carried out. H.R. 313, the "Drug Trafficking Safe Harbor Elimination Act of 2011," is sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas), and allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against anyone who discusses, plans or advises someone else to engage in any activity that violates the CSA, the massive federal law that prohibits drugs like marijuana and strictly regulates prescription medication.
"Under this bill, if a young couple plans a wedding in Amsterdam, and as part of the wedding, they plan to buy the bridal party some marijuana, they would be subject to prosecution," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance, which advocates for reforming the country's drug laws. "The strange thing is that the purchase of and smoking the marijuana while you're there wouldn't be illegal. But this law would make planning the wedding from the U.S. a federal crime." |
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/...s_n_998993.html
God Bless America, the home of the free.
Time to close our border :p |
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| chinamon |
holy! :eek:
thats absolutely ridiculous |
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| jester |
| What I don't get is, doesn't the US know that Holland passed a law, to stop shops from letting tourists smoke up? |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
What I don't get is, doesn't the US know that Holland passed a law, to stop shops from letting tourists smoke up? |
did they? |
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| SPANIARD |
:stongue:
I lol'd at that !! |
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| Endlesswave |
I think technically it's not 'legal' in Amsterdam, it's just that they look the other way.
As for the US Law, WTF. |
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| LightsOut |
^^^
Yeah Marijuana is technically still illegal in Amsterdam. Come to think of it, I remember reading an article somewhere that Marijuana isn't legal in any country in the world, the closest it comes is decriminalization in a few places. |
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| infinity HiGH |
| That country is such a joke |
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| MSZ |
| they want to fill up their prisons badly, corporations are evil :( |
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| chinamon |
| quote: | Originally posted by MSZ
they want to fill up their prisons badly |
im pretty sure all the american prisons are already bursting at the seams |
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| jester |
| quote: | Originally posted by MSZ
they want to fill up their prisons badly, corporations are evil :( |
Thing is, certain prisons have programs making the inmates make stuff for consumers. I am surprised they haven't used it to their advantage. Start using the prisons as factories, seeing the prisoners for sure get paid less than what people in China and India make. Wouldn't that be something. Americans bitch and complain about losing jobs to Asia, they can for sure have it start up again in the US. Just use the prison population. Imagine your iPhone saying "Made in America" wouldn't you be happy :p |
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| MSZ |
| quote: | Originally posted by jester
Thing is, certain prisons have programs making the inmates make stuff for consumers. I am surprised they haven't used it to their advantage. Start using the prisons as factories, seeing the prisoners for sure get paid less than what people in China and India make. Wouldn't that be something. Americans bitch and complain about losing jobs to Asia, they can for sure have it start up again in the US. Just use the prison population. Imagine your iPhone saying "Made in America" wouldn't you be happy :p |
what i was alluding to |
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