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Canada has some fine fare when it comes to nugs, but it’s still not a good idea to try and bring pot back over the U.S. border after a trip to our northern neighbors’ legalized haven. Pot seizures are up around 140 percent since Canada legalized, and mailed herb is also getting snagged more often.

According to U.S. Customs and Border Protection and WGRZ News, in October 2017, around two pounds of marijuana was seized, in 40 incidents, across the entire border. In October 2018, the numbers went up: 85 pounds were seized in over 100 occurrences.

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It would be more than nice if the U.S. would open its own policies up to have cannabis not be federally illegal. Clearly reciprocity would go down. Though the seizures are from the Canadian side to the U.S., if we were able to do trade with Canada, our own cultivars would be very popular there. Exports would be booming, especially from the famous regions of weed growing in California, like Humboldt County and the rest of the Emerald Triangle.