What are some of the safest places to hide evidence?
First of all it is against the law for anyone to advise or assist you in any way to hide evidence of any crime. My best piece of advice to you is to hire a full time attorney and bail bondsmen because you my friend are going to need them!
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I'm a medical marijuana patient and am planning a ski vacation to
Colorado. Since both California, where I live, and the state I plan to
visit have legalized cannabis for medical use, can I bring some of my
medicine with me on the airplane?
Legal disclaimer alert: I am not a Colorado attorney and can offer you
no advice on laws of that State. With that out of the way we can
proceed. Since California passed our medical marijuana laws in 1996,
codified as the Compassionate Use Act, many other states have followed
suit. The laws of each state vary as to what rights
patients are entitled under state law.
I encourage any medical
marijuana patient who is traveling to contact an attorney in each state
for a briefing before commencing travel. This question keeps popping
up in various ways as patients are traveling between states with medical
marijuana exemptions. The most important thing for you to understand is
that federal law strictly prohibits the possession, transportation,
distribution and cultivation of marijuana. The federal government has
created no exemption for medical users in any state. The bottom line is
you are breaking federal law and risk being arrested and subjected to
prosecution and forfeiture proceedings by engaging in any of these
activities.
The reason I am focusing on federal law in answering your
question is that all commercial flights fall under federal
jurisdiction. Therefore, any transportation of marijuana, medical or
not, by aircraft can and will be handled by federal law enforcement. It
is very likely that any detection by law enforcement could result in a
minimum of a substantial delay and at worst a federal case. Remember
that all those friendly folks that make you undress when you enter the
screening area at the airport are Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees. The TSA is a federal
agency and their officers are charged with enforcing federal law. Please heed this warning because I would hate to see a great vacation
plan turn into a travel nightmare.
Send all your questions (marijuana-related or not) to Glew at gl********@ya***.com. Remember: Better Call Glew!
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Award-winning investigative journalist Nick Schou is Editor of OC Weekly. He is the author of Kill the Messenger: How the CIA’s Crack Cocaine Controversy Destroyed Journalist Gary Webb (Nation Books 2006), which provided the basis for the 2014 Focus Features release starring Jeremy Renner and the L.A. Times-bestseller Orange Sunshine: The Brotherhood of Eternal Love’s Quest to bring Peace, Love and Acid to the World, (Thomas Dunne 2009). He is also the author of The Weed Runners (2013) and Spooked: How the CIA Manipulates the Media and Hoodwinks Hollywood (2016).