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kibufox t1_j6mtqka wrote

Reply to comment by apprehensivelights in TIL that India had to ban charas (cannabis concentrate) due to pressure from the US. by UltimateGamingTechie

Nope.

India didn't even outlaw it. All they did was, in exchange for lower import tariffs on other goods, stop sales of it around major airports into and out of the nation.

The problem wasn't the charas itself, it was people trying to bring it back to the US. The main issue here being Customs (the guys that search your bags when you return from an overseas flight), are federal officers. So they follow federal laws. Whether something is 'legal' on a state level, really doesn't matter when you're talking about federal laws. So people were getting arrested for smuggling and trafficking in states where marijuana use had been decriminalized. Since these were federal charges, and not state level charges, there wasn't anything that could be done about those charges, regardless of how 'legal' cannabis was in them.

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hassh t1_j6n90bu wrote

Your comment does not make sense because the substance was outlawed in India in 1985, decades before legalization began in the United States at the state level

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MobOnAHighHorse t1_j6nweyx wrote

By 1975, Oregon, Alaksa, Maine, Ohio Colorado, and California all had decriminalized weed, which is what the commenter referred to.

Edit: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_cannabis_laws_in_the_United_States

Going down to the state section, you can actually see some forms if medical marijuana being legalised in the late 70s!

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hassh t1_j6o0olp wrote

Decrim ain't legalization

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canyonstom t1_j6n9bgt wrote

So rather than the US minding its own business and getting the differing levels of law to agree, they just make impositions on other sovereign nations?

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