marijuana and the border

• Pardons aren’t supposed to be visible at the U.S. border. Here’s why they often are

  Pardons are supposed to let a former offender move on. So why do they sometimes create more problems than they solve at the U.S. border?

  Cannabis

  Jul 31, 2019
• How a weed conviction at 18 got a man banned at the U.S. border — 37 years later

  Mark pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in 1982 at age 18. Thirty-seven years later, U.S. border officials confronted him about the arrest, banning him from the U.S. for life.

  Cannabis

  Jun 19, 2019
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• New Brunswickers are avoiding buying pot with credit cards, sales figures show

  New Brunswickers are less than half as likely to use credit cards to buy cannabis compared to alcohol. Why? Uneasiness about the U.S. border, one expert says.

  Cannabis

  May 24, 2019
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• Legal cannabis use could still get you banned at the border, U.S. confirms

  Canadians may be banned from entering the U.S. for legally using marijuana in Canada if a border officer decides that they are likely to consume it in the United States.

  Cannabis

  Oct 16, 2018
• Will legal cannabis users be able to cross the U.S. border? ‘It’s anyone’s guess,’ lawyer says

  Will the U.S. ban Canadians for life for legal marijuana use in Canada? "It would be good to know," one U.S. immigration lawyer says.

  Cannabis

  Oct 16, 2018
• In major shift, the U.S. says it won’t ban Canadian pot workers

  In a policy change made without fanfare Tuesday, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) now says Canadians who work in the legal cannabis industry here will be free to enter the United States. 

  Cannabis

  Oct 11, 2018
• Will your cannabis credit card purchases be visible to U.S. border officials? (Some might, some won’t.)

  In some provinces, marijuana sales will be online only to start. But that raises an awkward question — what will happen to all that credit card data south of the border?

  Canada

  Sep 20, 2018
• Blair’s advice to tell the truth about pot at the border is ‘dangerous,’ U.S. lawyer warns

  Liberal MP Bill Blair's advice to "always tell the truth" if asked about past marijuana use by U.S. border officials is "dangerous," a U.S. immigration lawyer says. 

  Canada

  May 8, 2018
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• Your legal pot buying data could get you banned from the U.S., lawyers warn

  A charge from a legal Canadian cannabis store on your credit card data would give American border guards a way of banning you from the U.S. for the rest of your life, experts say.

  Canada

  Apr 22, 2018
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• You probably can’t work in cannabis in the U.S., even in legal states. Here’s why

  When U.S. immigration officials found out that an Israeli scientist worked in Nevada's legal medical marijuana industry, he found himself escorted to a plane in handcuffs.

  Canada

  Feb 9, 2018