New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $5k Customs fine

Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by slededit on Monday October 01, 2018 @01:54PM (#18115058)

The rationale in the US law is that the crime is an equal moral failing to murder. That may be irrational to you and I, but that is the law.

Just as being an accessory to murder would be considered "very bad" so too would supporting cannabis use in any way. According to US law he is investing in a criminal enterprise, similar to funding a cartel in Mexico. The law doesn't match the common person's perception of severity, but the US border guards will enforce the law as written.

Again, none of this prevents you from merely learning about cannabis. It requires action of some sort to further the use of it.

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by hfdgiutdryg on Monday October 01, 2018 @03:00PM (#18115730)

By that logic, if you owned property that was rented by a murderer, you should be banned as an accessory to murder. It's absurd.

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Re:New Zealand travellers refusing digital search now face $... by slededit on Monday October 01, 2018 @03:12PM (#18115824)

Its more like leasing a room knowing it was Dexters kill room. That said I'll go no further justifying US pot laws. But the failure is in the severity assigned to the "crime", everything that follows is rational if you accept the premise that it truly is akin to murder.

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