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laundry_queen

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3. Yep, and in Canada

Reply to Comrade Grumpy (Reply #1)

Mon Feb 4, 2013, 02:38 AM

Feb 2013

you used to be able to apply for a pardon (the vast majority were granted) and then all was a-ok to travel to the US. Those stopped not too long ago...but I find it hard to believe this guy didn't apply for a pardon before now. Strange. But no matter...it's still a dumbass rule for both countries (as you said, it's one of those laws that works both ways...)

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Canadian man misses Super Bowl trip after 1981 pot bust denies him entry to U.S. [View all] FourScore Feb 2013 OP

Unfortunately, this happens all the time, and in both directions. Comrade Grumpy Feb 2013 #1

Try the French...They're really something. FourScore Feb 2013 #2

Yep, and in Canada laundry_queen Feb 2013 #3

Thank you for making the very point I was going to. Lone_Star_Dem Feb 2013 #4

A friend of my father was denied entry into Canada for a fishing trip Jenoch Feb 2013 #5

That's really stupid. Especially because, potheads make GREAT tourists. Warren DeMontague Feb 2013 #6

Americans lose employment prospects over these "pot" records Kolesar Feb 2013 #7

Happens every day bilaterally ProgressiveProfessor Feb 2013 #8