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I read this story, and I'm on the side of the post office worker, regardless of whatever state licneses this business possesses, those licenses carry the same weight as monopoly money under federal law, should a letter carrier be required to deliver mail to marijuana shops?
Some pot shops not getting mail delivered to stores
oh this gem is great
Still, federal law makes it illegal to distribute controlled substances, and this postman by knowingly facilitating this business that's openly operating in violation of the law could technically be guilty of engaging in a conspiracy to deliver controlled substances, it is not reasonable to expect him to risk prison time to deliver mail inside an operating criminal enterprise (and don't take that as a judgemental term, that is the term "criminal enterprise" used in federal law to describe organized distributors of illegal drugs)
what do you think?
In interest of disclosure, my hometown is the adjacent city of Port Orchard and I took some college in Bremerton and do a good deal of business in this town, This mj shop is in a fairly sketchy neighborhood too. there's a porn shop, payday lenders, a title pawn, three different 2 dollar wok joints, etc. just so you can picture this.
Some pot shops not getting mail delivered to stores
BREMERTON — It's said neither "snow nor rain nor heat nor gloom of night" will stop the mail, but the sight of legalized marijuana stores has apparently stalled one Bremerton letter carrier.
Operators of two recreational marijuana stores on Callow Avenue — Pacific Cannabis Co. and The Reef — say they've had trouble getting mail delivered to their shops in the past month, since a new U.S. Postal Service worker took over the route. They say the carrier frequently refuses to enter their stores and won't drop off mail unless an employee comes outside to collect it.
oh this gem is great
"This is a serious problem for my business," Hartwell wrote in a letter to Bremerton Postmaster Harry Kleinfelter "... I expect the carrier to enter my business to deliver mail and to pick up outgoing mail, the same as any other licensed business in the state ..."
Still, federal law makes it illegal to distribute controlled substances, and this postman by knowingly facilitating this business that's openly operating in violation of the law could technically be guilty of engaging in a conspiracy to deliver controlled substances, it is not reasonable to expect him to risk prison time to deliver mail inside an operating criminal enterprise (and don't take that as a judgemental term, that is the term "criminal enterprise" used in federal law to describe organized distributors of illegal drugs)
what do you think?
In interest of disclosure, my hometown is the adjacent city of Port Orchard and I took some college in Bremerton and do a good deal of business in this town, This mj shop is in a fairly sketchy neighborhood too. there's a porn shop, payday lenders, a title pawn, three different 2 dollar wok joints, etc. just so you can picture this.