Drug runner arrested, rode CZ
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Trainmans daughter
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Good dog! Good, good boy!!
sunchaser
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Five pounds???? I bet anybody would have smelled that, not just the dog! Sheesh!! Good Job, Okar!!!
battalion51
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I'm guessing something tipped them off prior to the Sheriff being called. Just a guess.
ALC Rail Writer
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It could also be that five pounds of pot smells to high heaven with a very distinctive scent. If a smart conductor or passenger smelled it and complained they may have called the Amtrak Police and got a drug dog to sniff the bags.
In Placer County five pounds might as well be considered for "personal use." Especially considering the large scale grows in that county.
Also, leave it to The Sacramento Bee to not properly report the facts. I just checked the Placer County Jail register online and the subject is still in custody as of 8 AM on the 19th. It's unfortunately not unusual for The Bee to get this stuff wrong.
Also, leave it to The Sacramento Bee to not properly report the facts. I just checked the Placer County Jail register online and the subject is still in custody as of 8 AM on the 19th. It's unfortunately not unusual for The Bee to get this stuff wrong.
Trainmans daughter
OBS Chief
On our cross country trip last summer, our car attendent pointed out a patch of pot growing along side the tracks somewhere in the middle of Nebraska. It didn't seem to be growing wild, however. It seemed to be carefully cultivated.
I know about this only because my brother-in-law has a rather sophisticated pot farm where he grows his "medical" marajuana. He even has his Rx laminated and clipped to the fence surrounding it. I find it rather odd, though, since I didn't even know he was sick or in pain. In fact, every time I see him, he seems to be feeling no pain. (He may have aquired his prescription from an aroma therapist! This is California, after all).
I know about this only because my brother-in-law has a rather sophisticated pot farm where he grows his "medical" marajuana. He even has his Rx laminated and clipped to the fence surrounding it. I find it rather odd, though, since I didn't even know he was sick or in pain. In fact, every time I see him, he seems to be feeling no pain. (He may have aquired his prescription from an aroma therapist! This is California, after all).
sunchaser
Conductor
Last October on our return trip on the California Zephyr, there was some 'gentlemen' aboard one of the sleepers that had some 'medical marijuana' with them. How do I know? At our stop, which has a layover, they hopped off the train & lit up on the platform! :blink: I moved as fast as I could away from them!
Spokker
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Funny, what the guy did doesn't bother me at all. I'm sure half of Amtrak passengers are transporting some marijuana, though probably not that much.
I am more concerned about the alcohol being served on the train.
I am more concerned about the alcohol being served on the train.
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amtrakwolverine
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alcoholics don't carry guns. drug dealers do.
So what's the game plan then? Ditch the Sam Adams and sell spliffs?
ALC Rail Writer
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News flash: Americans like to carry guns, substance abuse problem doesn't matter.
sunchaser
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Most of the passengers we have seen in our limited travels have been families with teens or young children, retirees, a few college students, and some Amish. Most, I would assume are not transporting Pot.
I was more surprised about their casual attitude towards lighting up in public. Our state does not have a Medical Marijuana law, so I would expect that if caught, they would have been arrested. That's why I did not want to be near them.
We had chatted with them prior to boarding & one of them had a valid medical reason for it, but at the time, he did not say anything about having Pot with them. He only mentioned it when he lit up at the stop. I don't know if you get a 'pass' in other states just because you have a prescription for it.
I don't really have an issue with alcohol being served on the train, as long you are of age & you behave yourself!
Otherwise, you may just get removed from the train!
As a matter of interest, does Amtrak have a published rule about carrying guns (loaded or unloaded) and/or ammunition on their trains? (Or an unpublished rule for that matter?)
Ryan
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Yes they do - in a word, "Dont'!".
There a thread around here that discusses a recent law to force Amtrak to allow the carriage of properly marked, unloaded firearms in checked baggage, but that law hasn't made its way into Amtrak policy yet.
There a thread around here that discusses a recent law to force Amtrak to allow the carriage of properly marked, unloaded firearms in checked baggage, but that law hasn't made its way into Amtrak policy yet.
So can we hope/assume that anyone found with a gun on the train except in checked baggage will at the very least be tossed off the train?
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Ryan
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That's a safe bet. From the source:
rail_rider
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I imagine anyone caught with a firearm on board would be shown at an early exit, but I wonder what happens to the firearm? Does Amtrak contact the authorities and is the gun confiscated?
amtrakwolverine
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yeah but how many times have you seen on the TV show cops or anyother cop show cops panicking over a alcoholic.
Ispolkom
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It grows as a weed in North Dakota, mostly in disturbed areas, hence the term "ditch weed." Since the variety growing as a weed was the variety grown to produce raw materials for rope, smoking ditch weed has all the pleasure and mental effect of smoking, well, rope. Not that I would know from personal experience, of course.I've heard, though I don't know from personal experience, that pot grows wild along a lot of railroad tracks. Is that true? Has anyone here ever hopped off a train and scored some weed?
Back in my younger more daring days the SCA on the LSL and I partook of some of his stash in the baggage car.So what's the game plan then? Ditch the Sam Adams and sell spliffs?
Ahhhh, makes me think of riding the Coast Starlight back in mid '70s. Colleges all along the route (UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, etc), and a looser attitude. It was usually a pretty fun ride...cough, inhale...Back in my younger more daring days the SCA on the LSL and I partook of some of his stash in the baggage car.So what's the game plan then? Ditch the Sam Adams and sell spliffs?
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That would have been a fun train to ride when the Grateful Dead were on one of their west coast tours.Ahhhh, makes me think of riding the Coast Starlight back in mid '70s. Colleges all along the route (UCSB, Cal Poly SLO, UC Berkeley, UC Davis, etc), and a looser attitude. It was usually a pretty fun ride...cough, inhale...Back in my younger more daring days the SCA on the LSL and I partook of some of his stash in the baggage car.So what's the game plan then? Ditch the Sam Adams and sell spliffs?
sunchaser
Conductor
Ever heard of the Festival Express?
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