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Drug Policy

Midnight Writer

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3. Nearly every locality has an Area Task Force on Drugs in partnership with Federal agencies.

Reply to mahatmakanejeeves (Original post)

Sat Aug 6, 2022, 12:37 PM

Aug 2022

States adjacent to "legal" States set up border patrols and sometimes even checkpoints to intercept the legally purchased weed that comes into their territory. These States are pretty "gung-ho" about nabbing border-crossers for possession. It's pretty easy-pickings for the cops. And LEOs love to display their arrest numbers to show they are doing a heckuva job and justify their pay.

I wonder if the escalation has to do with the increase in legal States bordering illegal States and the subsequent increase in "pot tourism"? I think most pot tourists are going to bring home a little something.

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