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Lewis 3/10/05

> "Alex Chaihorsky" > writes:
>
>> When I was in Moscow a month ago I went to a restaurant with some fancy
>> bankers. They did not have really good tea (usually they do, unless the
>> management is foreign - Lipton bags is all the Marriott Grand Hotel had and
>> it is considered "The Hotel" in Moscow I was told that that was because of
>> the Canadian management).
>> As usual in these circumstances I asked for a teapot of hot water, reached
>> into my pocket and took out a plastic bag with some green puerh that I
>> always carry with me. You should have seen the look on these guys faces -
>> they had no doubt that this was pot and they started to tell me how
>> dangerous it is to smoke these things in Moscow nowadays. After I was able
>> to convince them that this was tea they said that it does not matter - the
>> police would arrest me just seeing the stuff and later to justify my arrest
>> they would actually put real pot into the bag.The site of greenish-brown
>> stuff in a plastic bag just leaves no doubt in the cops minds there. After
>> that I started asking myself if carrying puerh with me in a plastic bag is
>> so safe here in the US.
>> Anyone?
>
> American cops know what pot smells like.

Is that why getting yourself arrested for criminal possession of oregano was
a participatory sport in the New York City '60's? You might find this hard
to believe, but American cops, brilliant and professional as we all know
them to be, are not necessarily the brightest lights on the Christmas tree.

Michael