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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by Symbiote on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @10:44AM (#18239560)
> 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.

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...

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by mediocrejoker on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @11:22AM (#18239947)
Except in this case the consumption could have happened years prior, as opposed to being actively intoxicated.

edit: not saying I agree with Dubai's policies.

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by benbristow on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:12PM (#18243853)
From every headline there's a backstory.

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.

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by romwell on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @07:09PM (#18244606)
>From every headline there's a backstory.

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!

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by TomMarius on Thursday October 18, 2018 @07:10AM (#18247344)
It won't change overnight. Selective enforcement is one step towards freedom.
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