Escapees March-April 2019 Vol 40 Issue 5

The risk and repercussions of          

                       

Since it has become legal in quite a few states, clients have begun to ask me about the legal implications of RVing with cannabis. Since I am a Texas civil attorney, my legal knowledge in this area is incomplete, so I began to conduct research on the topic. CBD oil is being accepted more widely across the country; however, it is still illegal in many states. Traveling with marijuana is riskier. I’ve found that laws vary heavily from state to state, ranging from completely legal to steep fines and jail time for being in possession of any form of the substance.   All U.S. states are regulated under federal laws, and marijuana is considered to be a drug as dangerous and illegal as heroin. The last attorney general, Jeff Sessions, vowed to make prosecuting those in possession of the drug a front-burner item. He announced that the federal government would return to enforcing the law, suggesting that the former administration had been too lenient.

                            O ne night, while sitting around a campfire, someone brought up the subject of marijuana.*They, being from Oregon, started the conver- sation by stating how happy they were that it was legal in their state. Tom used cannabis oil (also known as CBD oil) as a sleep aid, and Donna used it for back pain and to calm her anxiety. Along with countless others across the country now singing the praises of the medicinal benefits of cannabis, they, too, touted the positive attributes. Cannabis oil is extracted from the cannabis plant, but it doesn’t contain the compound tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) that causes a user to get “high.”

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