Border Agents and Canadian Perspective

u.s: Canadian perspective If you like smoking the occasional spliff, keep it under your hat when talking to U.S. border agents; they regard this as an illegal act, even though marijuana will soon be legal in Canada and is already in some U.S. states, according to The Toronto Star. Glenn Russell / AP file photo We don't recognize that as a legal business, said Owen, executive assistant commissioner for the office of field operations. Todd Owen, who spoke to the U.S. website Politico, said the U.S. does not plan to change its border policies to account for Canada's marijuana legalization, which takes effect on Oct. 17. Owen's comments corroborated anecdotal reports that have accumulated over the course of the year. Owen said border officers will not begin asking every Canadian about their marijuana use. Canadians with links to the nascent legal industry, including venture capitalist Sam Znaimer and the chief executive of a B.C. agricultural machinery company, have already been given lifetime entry bans. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.