With the legalization of recreational marijuana in Canada — and the expectation that pot will become a $5 billion business by 2020 — the rail industry now has a shipping code for cannabis and related products. Effective Feb. 2, a new Sta...
http://trn.trains.com/news/news-wire/2019/02/19-bnsf-looks-to-weed-out-marijuana-shipments-before-they-become-a-problem
Brian Schmidt, Editor, Classic Trains magazine
I am sure they will smoke them out.
(Sorry, couldn’t resist.)
Reefer madness I tell ya!
Giving pot shipments the highball!!
Replace Coal with Pot.
Russell
Will it have a 49 STCC code?
Never too old to have a happy childhood!
Most of it will go courier I'm sure. The potheads will not wait for rail or truck.. this will be a big revenue booster for the courier companies.
They should have made the code 420.
Greetings from Alberta
-an Articulate Malcontent
It's high time they established protocol.
I'm no fan of pot based on what's happened with some of my relatives. Two who have drug problems got started on pot. Another claims he only smokes it and doesn't use anything else. But when he smokes it he gets mean and starts abusing his wife. That ties in with what a police friend of mine has told me from his experiences. Namely, that its a myth that those you use it only get mellow. Some get very mean and aggressive. Especially those you also get mean and aggressive when they are drinking.
alphasEspecially those you also get mean and aggressive when they are drinking.
Indeed - it's a personality thing. Some get mean, some get morose, some get silly. I think a lot depends on what they've seen others do when they drink as they are growing up.
And it could be that both peel away a level of propriety, showing a person's true colors.
Without wandering too far into the minefield - when they come up with a test (a la breathalyzer) and establish levels of intoxication (as with alcohol), I'll be less opposed.
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Boy, it didn't take any time at all for this thread to drift from transportation to people's personal views on the morality of drug abuse.
Just sayin'.
Off the rails and into the weeds?
LOL!
Actually this topic does force one to contemplate a host of other issues.
Does this mean that our North Border will soon rival our south for smuggling of illegal contraband?
Should we build a wall to try and contain the risk?
What about marijuana being shipped from South America to Canada for resale? Mut they route out beyond US territorial waters to avoid the risk of seizure?
I believe that possession in the USA is really not so much illegal as it is "regulated". I believe there is a tax that one can pay and get a stamp that permits ownership for lawful purposes. I wonder if Canadian distributors could obtain such a stamp permitting their merchandse to pass legally through this country from Mexico into the final destination. And, if this was done, would BNSF reconsider it's policy?
rdamon Off the rails and into the weeds?
We have rule G, do you thing this means there may be a rule "P"?
rdamonI believe that the stamp was the first control until it was classified as a Class 1 drug.
You are right. I forgot about Richard Nixon's crusade against that threat to the republic.
Still, seems like I was told there are extensive legal plantings in Kentucky. They grow it to keep a stock of viable seeds, just in case anyone ever wants to make rope with the fibers. That's an old memory, vintage 1980s
Convicted One Actually this topic does force one to contemplate a host of other issues. Does this mean that our North Border will soon rival our south for smuggling of illegal contraband? Should we build a wall to try and contain the risk? What about marijuana being shipped from South America to Canada for resale? Mut they route out beyond US territorial waters to avoid the risk of seizure? I believe that possession in the USA is really not so much illegal as it is "regulated". I believe there is a tax that one can pay and get a stamp that permits ownership for lawful purposes. I wonder if Canadian distributors could obtain such a stamp permitting their merchandse to pass legally through this country from Mexico into the final destination. And, if this was done, would BNSF reconsider it's policy?
Iowa has a drug tax stamp. It doesn't allow a person to legally possess or sell illegal drugs. I recall it being sold as an attempt to tax illegal transactions, but actually is more of a way to increase penalties on those possessing illegal drugs over a certain amount. (I believe having over a certain amount you are presumed to have the intent to sell.) About the only people who actually buy the tax stamp are stamp collectors.
Jeff
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