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The House Judiciary Committee passed a bill yesterday that would make it a federal crime for U.S. residents to discuss or plan activities on foreign soil that, if carried out in the U.S., would violate the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) -- even if the planned activities are legal in the countries where they're carried out. The new law, sponsored by Judiciary Committee Chairman Rep. Lamar Smith (R-Texas) allows prosecutors to bring conspiracy charges against anyone who discusses, plans or advises someone else to engage in any activity that violates the CSA, the massive federal law that prohibits drugs like marijuana and strictly regulates prescription medication.
"Under this bill, if a young couple plans a wedding in Amsterdam, and as part of the wedding, they plan to buy the bridal party some marijuana, they would be subject to prosecution," said Bill Piper, director of national affairs for the Drug Policy Alliance U.S. Drug Policy Would Be Imposed Globally By New House Bill
it is nice to know the government has its priorities straight The gov wants to control what you do overseas now
Wasnt Lamar Smith a tea party candidate?.....guess so he's in Bachman's Tea Party Caucus.....Congresswoman Michele Bachmann. Proudly Serving the 6th District of Minnesota (http://bachmann.house.gov/News/DocumentSingle.aspx?DocumentID=199440 - broken link)
If the wingnuts succeed in rolling the US back to the dark days when women were condemned to carry a fetus to term regardless of the circumstances under which she got pregnant, does she become a criminal if she goes out of the country to have the procedure done?
Yeah BRAVO Republicans. It's not enough they want to stick their noses into what people do behind closed doors, now they want to stalk you on foreign soil!
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Originally Posted by Turboblocke
Slightly OT but IIUC, as a US citizen, you have to pay your taxes even if you live abroad. Don't you find that weird? What do you get in return?
You don't get arrested when you re-enter the country.
Seriously if you are living abroad and earning income abroad that money can generally be excluded anyway.
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