Originally Posted by bedrockbob
Within 100 miles of the border, if you are on a fedeerally funded highway, you are subject to search with no probable cause by federal officials. The Border Patrol has stated that anyone caught in posession will be arrested and the federal attorney will advise them on if they will be prosecuted. I will try to find the article and link to it.
I have lived in Las Cruces for 30 years and know the ropes. No dispensary woudl be safe there. A grower that started up would not only be risking federal hassle but the cartel owns the borders on both sides.
You can not go out of las Cruces, Deming, Lordsburg, in any direction without a checkpoint and they are GOOD. Dogs, X-ray, trained cops, adn a brand new facility on I-25. Going IN is no problem. If I was going to serve las Cruces I would put the dispensary mire than 100 air miles from the US/Mexico border. Outside this 100 mile line the Feds have to follow search and seizure rules and things are legally different.
A delivery system would be easy to Las Cruces from elsewhere. If you were a producer in Las Cruces you simply could not deliver ANYWHERE outside of central Dona Ana County without going through a federal checkpoint. It would seriously limit your ability to serve patients.