Serious thread here.


So obviously weed will be illegal fo people who do not have a card blah blah blah. but as we all know in a year or so any dude with a toothache will be able to buy all the weed they want. Cops in DC relly don't care as far as I can see, as long as its not rubbed in their faces.

Question is how will this affect Fairfax? will the cops still be as anal as they are now? will thousands of college students move to DC?

I cant ever see it becoming legal in VA so how will LEO deal?

Cheech Wrote:
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> Serious thread here.
>
>
> So obviously weed will be illegal fo people who do
> not have a card blah blah blah. but as we all know
> in a year or so any dude with a toothache will be
> able to buy all the weed they want. Cops in DC
> relly don't care as far as I can see, as long as
> its not rubbed in their faces.
>
> Question is how will this affect Fairfax? will the
> cops still be as anal as they are now? will
> thousands of college students move to DC?
>
> I cant ever see it becoming legal in VA so how
> will LEO deal?

Probably in much the same way they do now, which is bust low-level users for misdemeanor possession and try and flip them so they can nail the people higher (no pun intended) up the dealer chain.

The only enforcement enhancement I might predict would be surveilling the stores/dispensaries where it's being sold and waiting for people leaving to cross over into Virginia with their reefer. With automated license plate identification, it'd be fairly easy to note when a car is seen in the vicinity and enter it into a computer that flags to a patrol officer "this car was seen near the pot store in DC".

While probably not grounds for a search in and of itself, if the cop smells weed when he pulls someone over, that IS grounds for a search. They can also detain you while they wait for a K-9 officer to show up so that Fido can check your car, if you refuse to consent to a search.

The other thing I can foresee would be more civil forfeiture actions; since the car's being used in furtherance of a criminal act, it's therefore subject to seizure and sale, which might provide a nice revenue bump for the county if they seize a few dozen or hundred cars a year.

That'd make the legalization of pot in DC one of the best things that ever happened to Fairfax County.

> ...Question is how will this affect Fairfax?...

Probably higher unemployment.

First off, if an officer smells an odor of marijuana, he is going to search your car. He does not need a k9 to find it. The odor gives the officer a little thing called probable cause. That is a free search on your vehicle and your person. Second, it will only effect fairfax county if people bring it into va. if they do, guess they will be charged if caught. dc is so screwed up now, they dont need weed to be legal to help.

The copz won't smell it if you don't partake in the car dude.If its real skunky smeling you could put in an airtight container.Btw,scrape that Legalize Pot sticker off your bumper.

The cop doesn't have to smell it, he has to SAY he smells it. Are you stupid or just new?

Finally the ready coast will have dispensary access. Can't wait for the best bud to be accessible

Best not to smoke in your car,but if you do,keep the windows open, and burn some paper afterwards.

Or just smoke joints in your car, they destroy themselves.

nonsmoker Wrote:
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> > ...Question is how will this affect Fairfax?...
>
> Probably higher unemployment.


But also lower weed prices. Everybody wins.