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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by poulsbohemian on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:09PM (#18242615)
Au contraire, that's my point - it is legal in the state of Washington, by the vote and actions of the people. Likewise, by the vote and actions of the people of British Columbia it is legal. But, to a political body 2000 miles away it is not. And, because they have a representative who stands in a little box separating those two groups who have voted and acted, it is somehow made illegal should he or she wish to harass someone crossing that invisible line. It's ripe for a Kafka novel really.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by coryfklein on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @03:58PM (#18243140)
> it is legal in the state of Washington, by the vote and actions of the people

The people who live in Washington only decide a subset of the laws for the state. It is still illegal to possess or consume weed in Washington because WA is a part of the United States of America, where weed is illegal nationwide.

The "United States of America" as a political body is defined by the borders of the United States of America (within which WA is completely contained), it is not located in Washington DC.

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by poulsbohemian on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:42PM (#18244084)
You are missing the nuance of what I'm saying, but I don't have the energy to explain it right now.

Are you the Cory Klein in Minnesota (with whom I went to college)?

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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by HeyLaughingBoy on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @05:55PM (#18244201)
That's not particularly nuanced: you can probably find may examples of actions that are legal on a state level, but illegal on a Federal level.
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Re:Cannabis is legal in Canada: What you need to know by coryfklein on Wednesday October 17, 2018 @06:03PM (#18244256)
> Are you the Cory Klein in Minnesota

Nope, although there are less than 50 Cory Kleins in the United States, so hooray for unlikely probabilities!

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