Even if they did, won’t they get a lot of false positives because of a large amount of it being sprayed hemp buds? Also, I know a lot of dispensaries get their stock like vape pens and such delivered this way already. How does that all work?
I work for the post in another country where its medically prescribable and we have seen an uptick in suspicious small packages that reek of weed. The boss called the cops on the first one (years ago) and the cops were more interested in how we knew what marijuana smelled like and treated us like shit for calling them. Really we just wanted guidance on where our liability was on being part of the “chain” and how seriously we should take it and they were absolute cunts.
So now in our office our unofficial policy is “You smelled pot? No you didnt. And if you did, how do you know its not being sent legally? And even if you’re fucking sure its sketchy as hell, you’re calling the cops and making the statements and dealing with it. You arent fucking my day up over some guy getting a quarter you fucking narc.”
Kroxx@lemm.ee 6 months ago
For USPS they have a list of verified hemp vendors, they tried a couple years ago to open packages suspected of marijuana without a warrant. The outcome was it doesn’t matter if they suspect it, you still have to get a warrant. So now if a vendor is a certified hemp vendor they can’t touch it. Now UPS and FedEx are private companies so they can do pretty much whatever they want, that’s why almost all hemp shipments go through USPS. I’m paraphrasing a lot but that’s the gist of it. USPS is currently and has been the largest drug dealer in the country, even with omitting hemp because with the volume they process you could never catch them all and every other drug doesn’t have a pungent smell like weed.
pete_the_cat@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Like Mitch Hedberg used to say “I love the mail guy, he’s a drug dealer and he doesn’t even know it!”
DoctorWhookah@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
Also
-Mitch Hedberg
FuglyDuck@lemmy.world 6 months ago
They can just delay your package until the warrant comes through. It doesn’t take that long.
And “we got a hit by a dog/swab” is usually accepted probable cause for opening it up
CmdrShepard@lemmy.one 6 months ago
They can also alert law enforcement in the shipper/receivers area to bust you when sending or collecting the package. I recall a few years ago someone sent a weed shipment and used the address of the mayor of some city in Maryland as the recipient and the police raided his house and shot his dogs.
BigDaddySlim@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Well, if you’re stupid enough to mail some weed or any other controlled substance via USPS Media Mail, they don’t need a warrant or even Postal Inspectors to open it. As long as it is clear that the item is not media of some kind, it can be opened and documented to charge the correct postage.
Saw this before when some ding-dongs tried dumping mushroom growing kits (not exactly illegal) in the blue box at my old office. The only reason they opened them is because the fertilizer inside was causing a noticable amount of steam to come from the box (it was winter as well). All they really did was return it for proper postage because it was the wrong type.
activistPnk@slrpnk.net 3 months ago
To be clear, the spores are perfectly legal. You can mail order spores that come in saline solution in a syringe without trouble. The businesses selling that are smart enough to not use media mail, which of course crosses a line.
The nuance here is you said “kit”, which suggests everything you need for growth and thus intent. Maybe you’re right on that bit. Buying everything separately would require surveillance to put all that together that you have a kit, in effect.
Today@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why would you mark your weed media mail? Mine shows up as regular first class mail. Never had an issue. It’s legal in most of the US.
Shave_MyBeever@lemmy.world 6 months ago
🎶"Inhale - exhale - just got an ounce in the mail"🎶
I_Fart_Glitter@lemmy.world 5 months ago
A friend of mine used to ship pounds at a time through FedEx. He would ship about 20 packages every fall, half of them made it to their destination, but he and the recipients were never contacted about it. His thinking was that if someone at FedEx noticed, they would just keep it, while someone at USPS would probably get the wheels turning for prosecution.