Marijuana Law Mayhem Splits U.S. as Travelers Get Busted

[Purveyor]

By Andrew Harris Aug 22, 2014 12:01 AM ET

America is two nations when it comes to marijuana: in one it’s legal, in the other it’s not. The result is that people like B.J. Patel are going to jail.

The 34-year-old Arizona man may face a decade in prison and deportation following an arrest in 2012. On a trip in a rented U-Haul to move his uncle from California to Ohio, he brought along some marijuana, which is legal for medicinal use in his home state.

Headed eastbound on I-44 through Oklahoma, Patel was stopped for failing to signal by Rogers County Deputy Quint Tucker, just outside Tulsa. He was about to get off with a warning when Tucker spotted a medical marijuana card in his open wallet.

“‘I see you have this card. Where’s the marijuana?’” Patel recalled Tucker asking him. “I very politely and truthfully told him, ‘I’ll show you where it is.’”

That’s where things started to go bad for Patel. He now faces trial next month on a felony charge.

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http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-08-22/marijuana-law-mayhem-splits-u-s-in-two-as-travelers-get-busted.html

[villager]

1. never, ever talk to the pigs

n/t

[RoccoR5955]

3. Name only. That's all I give 'em.

And my drivers' license if they ask politely for it!
If they ask me where I am going, I tell them,"There," and point forward.
If they ask me, where there, I just shrug.

[shedevil69taz]

2. Not much different than transporting/storing/carrying of firearms

What is perfectly legal in one state may land you in jail just over the border...I always have to pay particular attention when flying and where any connections I have go through even if everything is declared and in checked baggage where in some places is legal...others will still get you in trouble...