Canadian cannabis investor gets lifetime U.S. entry ban as conference goers face scrutiny at border

[OnlinePoker]

A Canadian investor travelling to Las Vegas, Nevada, to attend a prominent cannabis conference and tour a new cannabis facility has been issued a lifetime entry ban to the United States, according to an immigration lawyer he consulted.

“He was travelling straight from Vancouver to Vegas. When they found out he was going down to tour the marijuana facility and that he was an investor in marijuana, they gave him a lifetime ban,” said Len Saunders, an immigration lawyer based in the border town of Blaine, Wash., who was consulted by the individual after receiving the ban.

The individual, who invests in a Canadian cannabis business that has an operation in Nevada, received the ban on the morning of Nov. 14, as he travelled to Las Vegas to attend the Marijuana Business Conference & Expo, one of the largest gatherings of cannabis industry players. The conference attracted close to 25,000 investors, entrepreneurs, lenders, lobbyists and executives of major U.S. and Canadian licensed cannabis producers, among others.

https://business.financialpost.com/cannabis/cannabis-business/cannabis-investing/canadian-cannabis-investor-gets-lifetime-ban-from-u-s-as-vegas-conference-goers-face-scrutiny-at-border
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Absolute horseshit if it went down like this. I've never used cannabis in any form and I've stayed away from pot stocks until now. I think that was a smart move.

[CentralMass]

1. What was the smart move ?

[OnlinePoker]

2. The problem is, he is invested in a company that operates on both sides of the border

He couldn't say he wasn't involved in cannabis, because they would be able to check fairly easily. Lying and getting caught would guarantee he'd never set foot in the States, but it's a frigging conference on cannabis. It's not like he's carrying the stuff into the U.S. He must be one of those dangerous foreigners Trump is always going on about.

As to smart move - not investing in pot stocks or using cannabis. If I ever want to go to the States, at least I'm clear on that score.

[CurtEastPoint]

3. story says At least 12 other Canadians en route to the same conference were detained for hours

Why was he banned... for life? SOmething's not right here. So of the 25K attendeed, many from Canada, they detained 12 and banned 1? Why?

[OnlinePoker]

4. It's tough to say.

Even before pot was legal here, stocks were legally trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (and I believe NASDAQ in the States). The U.S. under Trump is becoming a police state where common sense has been flushed down the toilet.