You Think It's Bad in America

Middle East: Don't Take Your Doobies to Dubai | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)

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Travelers headed to Dubai should take a thorough inventory before heading for the airport. The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is currently taking an extremely hard line on cannabis offenses. Last week, an Italian visitor was sentenced to years in prison for a microscopic portion of hashish, and this week, a British citizen faces a similar punishment for inadvertently carrying a similarly miniscule amount of hash and marijuana.

On May 31, the Dubai Court of First Instance found a 24-year-old Italian man identified only by the initials "A.D." guilty of smuggling and possessing 1/100th of a gram of hash after he arrived at the airport. The quantity discovered -- 1/2800th of an ounce -- is too small to be usable and so tiny that the fact it was detected at all is remarkable.

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The Italian guy got 4 years in jail. Now a Canadian has been arrested on his way home from Afghanistan, through Dubai. Can't find any articles about him yet, just heard it on The National. Apparently he was working with farmers to convince them to stop growing poppy. He may have had a few poppy seeds caught in his clothing, or a bit of residue from the plant. Either way he is looking at years in prison. How bad is this getting? America is cannabis heaven compared to UAE.

Here we go, article about the Canadian.
Middle East: Dubai Customs Busts Canadian UN Afghan Drug Worker | Stop the Drug War (DRCNet)

Its just silly.....

... Cant they just fuckoff and catch Real criminals.

Jesus, they can't do anything rational over there.

The UAE are just trying to impress W.

Update: The Canadian was sentenced to 4 years as well. Four years for a smidgen of hash and a few poppy seeds. Note: The poppy seed is the same as that on top of your bagels and is sold in stores.

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Originally Posted by psteve

The UAE are just trying to impress W.

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lmao!:thumbsup:

If it's anything like Midnight Express, oh shit.

HOLLY FUCK, 100th of a GRAM! Thats crazy talk... 4 years in jail... that must fucking suck hardstyle for that guy.

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Originally Posted by Markass

lmao!:thumbsup:

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It's not funny.

just for the record, I have never thought it is "BAD in America" ... lots of laws I don't agree with, and phonyass politicians making things worse every day, but I have always considered myself very fortunate to have been born and raised in America (I figured it was about time someone said something good about us :thumbsup:) ... we fuck up a lot, but we DO mean well :smokin:

It was never my intention to bash America. I was just pointing how that there are countries with even more severe laws against cannabis than in the US.

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Originally Posted by the image reaper

just for the record, I have never thought it is "BAD in America" ... lots of laws I don't agree with, and phonyass politicians making things worse every day, but I have always considered myself very fortunate to have been born and raised in America (I figured it was about time someone said something good about us :thumbsup:) ... we fuck up a lot, but we DO mean well :smokin:

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Exactly, you summed it up nicely. I mean pot isnt THAT illegal here.

thats so twisted
kids over there do alot of heavy drugs way more then they smoke weed
well in saudi arabia its like that

I wonder (and hope) if anyone has used the "...but I shook my friend's hand" excuse (or something similar).

A couple of poopy seeds? Holy shit. The canadians should break that guy outta there. Four years for eating a bagel.That is one of the least funny things i have ever heard. And a hundredth of a gram? That wouldnt get a fly high.

Lol! I wrote poopy seeds!!!!!!!