This is not so different from being arrested for having drunk alcohol at the UAE border. (In this case, alcohol supplied by the Dubai airline.)
https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2018/aug/11/woman-arrest...
https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/united-arab-emirate...
edit: not saying I agree with Dubai's policies.
I've been to Dubai Airport and had a pint. No problem. There's bars all over the place. Even an official Heineken bar.
Just don't act like an ass and you'll be fine.
The backstory being "Don't be a woman in UAE"?
>I've been to Dubai Airport and had a pint. No problem.
O, selective enforcement, the glorious ideal all other countries' legal systems should aspire to!
Regarding pilots, Transport Canada, the governing body over federal aviation regulations has explicitly come out and said use of Canabis is valid grounds for a revoked medical certificate, which is required for any pilot to fly. While the airline rules are one thing, this is a very serious implication for pilots.
In Canada cannabis has become legal in a manner similar to alcohol, making the difference.
Colorado (where I live) has done so for 4 years, and California, Nevada, to name a few, have followed suit.
not necessarily. in Oregon, it is tracked, taxed, and regulated. one can still grow their own and remove themselves from the tracking, but this is for personal consumption not for sale.
there is still enforcement, and cooperation with the federal levels, specifically to help curb the black market and the problems that arise due to the black market.
one example of a difference would be the airport - you can fly in Oregon with cannabis, as long as you are under the legal limit to carry and are flying within the state (not crossing any borders). if the TSA (federal employees) are concerned about how much you are carrying or that you are not old enough, they will detain you long enough for local authorities to check, then release you and whatever legal amount you have with you to fly (if you are over the limit, you are asked to dispose of it, much like having too much liquid in your carry-on).
this differs quite a bit to pre-legalization, where non-prosecution was more likely if you were white and in a larger city such as Portland.
the limits are for federal property, which falls under federal law, crossing borders, which again falls under federal law, and black market activities, which are illegal under state laws, and likely include crossing of borders or federal land (quite a lot of forests in the United States are federally owned).
If an Oregon pharmaceutical company wanted to try to put THC in a pill; do a study for its positive effects against, say, anxiety; and then get it bottled and sold at drug stores—they still wouldn't be able to, because, even if the government of Oregon would love for them to do so, the Oregon state legislature isn't responsible for allowing or disallowing that to happen.
Whereas, if a Canadian pharmaceutical company now wants to attempt to get a cannabis byproduct licensed for prescription or OTC usage in Canada, they now totally can.
you are absolutely correct, but I was only addressing the note that state legalization is equivalent to looking the other way in the Netherlands, which was the opinion of OP.
I very much look forward to the research that Canadian companies are able to do, specifically with other cannabinoids other than thc.
Basically don't cross an international border with weed.
From the above article "This is the case even if you are travelling to places like The Netherlands or Uruguay that have decriminalized or legalized cannabis."
Cannabis is not explicitly mentioned in the regulations and is lumped in with any drug, legal or not, that can cause impairment.
Get the feeling it will pass unnoticed, like many regulations that don't make sense it's far easier to let it slide rather than change the rules.
It's a similar situation to National Park Rangers: there are so many people willing to do the job that wages are very low.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cognzTud3Wg
Edit: I'm not a pilot, just a kid that never grew up and likes airplane stuff...
The problem is they've got to play this game very carefully right now as the black market is still well established and providing to many people.
They need to both drop prices (which should happen once more supply spins up) and start raiding illegal dispensaries and mail order shops if they want to convince people to stay in the legal system. From what I've seen on reddit - we need to see a significant price drop and potentially quality improvement before many existing regular users will be convinced to switch.
All medical cannabis in Canada has been shipped via Canada Post for almost two decades, and the same set of producers are handling recreational supplies. Extending this to recreational seems like a straightforward way to get things started.
Not talking about someone who buys an ounce and sells 3/4 so they get a 1/4 for free, but those doing it as a business, making good money.
About 15 years ago used to grow and sell in the UK, nothing too major, about 1 to 2kg a month would get cropped every month of the year. If the option presented itself to pay tax on the profit in order to remove the hassle and fear or banking the money I would have taken the hit of lost profit in a heart beat.
Is this not being offered to existing growers / suppliers / dealers? I can understand perhaps not as a long term solution, but as a transition period
Whereas they can't bar a US Citizen from re-entering the country.
1) Helps being okay with being bored 2) Cannabinoid hyperemesis syndrome, and, by my estimation, varying levels thereof 3) Cancer, and lung/heart disease, if you're dumb enough to light it on fire =] 4) Adrenal fatigue
Still an incredibly useful substance.
(I.e., the same reason that people who have ADHD don't become manic when taking stimulant-class ADHD meds; while people who don't have ADHD, do.)
Don't light shit on fire, kids. Vaporize or eat!
Doesn't this already exist from other countries where it's been legal for decades?
As far as I know Canada is only the second country in the world (after Uruguay) to actually fully legalize recreational cannabis.
There is no other country in the world where marijuana has been legal for decades.
However, that doesn't mean that research into the effects of marijuana doesn't happen, including in the U.S. Marijuana is actually one of the most well-studied drugs in existence - we have a much clearer understanding of the short- and long-term effects of marijuana than we do of almost every commercially-produced pharmaceutical on the market.
It would be a solution for the current American opioid crisis, but implementing such measures there would be political suicide.
I laughed way too hard at this for some reason.
To hear my uncle tell it, I've got some _really_ bad news for Canadians about the prevalence of alcoholism amongst pilots.
According to him, something like 1/8th of them are some level of drunk while flying.
For just one example, consider airline staff. Some Canadian airlines have already banned employees from using pot. Obviously, the general public doesn't want to fly with pilots that are high in more than one way. These airlines also have to operate in countries, like the U.S., where their employees could be detained or expelled for even admitting to have used pot in the past. Being able to look foreign gatekeepers in the face and deny having ever used a product that's legal in your native country is now a necessary job requirement for some.
On the bright side, we could finally get some quality data on the health impacts of pot, now that trials and surveys can be done without potentially incriminating anyone. Like practically every other fun thing in existence it's probably very bad for you. We just don't know how... yet.
Canada taxes alcohol at a rate of over 50% in most provinces. The initial tax rates for pot will be much lower, but should increase steadily year-over-year. Alcohol taxes continue to rise every year. This is going to be a huge cash cow for the Canadian government, and I can't imagine other countries not wanting to get in on the action once they see how much Canada will be raking in.