@toysoldier1, OndineYou don't get it. The USA *does* have draconian drug laws. It's just that the supply of drug is so widespread and the application of the existing laws is mostly targeted on those who can't make a fuss. If you have dollars to spare, it's not going to be a problem. Otherwise, it is. There are differences between states, but fundamentally they are rather extreme. It *is* possible to get life imprisonment for possession. You've a Hollywood version of the American justice system in your heads, it's not like that at all. In many cases, the concept of innocent until proven guilty is perverted. In some states you can get a $6000 fine for merely having a bong and *intending* to smoke weed. i.e. you are guilty of thought-crime.Your central mistake is to believe that the DEA and local government are rational beings. That is not something you can rely on. Once they get it into their heads that somebody is a problem, they'll make that person's life a misery. If anybody else did this, it would be stalking, and technically it is, but they're getting overtime pay to do it. Listen carefully to what I say next. This is completely separate from any '1g' legal business.The DEA, in combination with local police, has killed drug distributors and dealers before now. That's flat out executed, no trial or jury. This is not even a rare occurrence, it is usually misreported in some manner, winding up in the gangland violence category of statistics from the government. This is not something I can prove to you, but I know it is true because I've been around for a while. This is a real war, not a metaphorical one. They have even murdered their own officers when some police try to speak out this against such covert activities. Some of these men are on holy crusades, they are zealots.--Look, I'm not going to try and convince you either way, do some research into the misdemeanor and felony sentencing laws and you'll quickly find out it's a fucking tightrope. If you have an ounce of weed in one state, it's a $100 fine, in another you're a major drug dealer with automatic incarnation. Do your research for your State and DOC. All this information is on the clearweb. I'm not making any of this up.