ConstantGreen
New Member
It seems for the most part that federal laws yield to state laws when it comes to cannabis. How does it work on the local level? Say a city has passed an ordinance that says possessing small amounts of cannabis in a private residence, whether growing or not, is not a crime. Yet the state is still illegal. Who has authority over busting a homegrow in that city?
Does the city ordinance offer any extra legal coverage in the case of searches by local or state authorities? For example, if small amounts of living plant are legal, then a drug sniffing dog's alert could be for a legal activity according to the city, or illegal according to the state. Same with garbage searches, a leaf in the city trash could be indicative of casual, legal possession. Could either of those forms of evidence be used to suspect probably cause of a larger than casual grow? Or would there need to be some other distinction before warranting any of these searches at all, knowing the local ordinance?
Does the city ordinance offer any extra legal coverage in the case of searches by local or state authorities? For example, if small amounts of living plant are legal, then a drug sniffing dog's alert could be for a legal activity according to the city, or illegal according to the state. Same with garbage searches, a leaf in the city trash could be indicative of casual, legal possession. Could either of those forms of evidence be used to suspect probably cause of a larger than casual grow? Or would there need to be some other distinction before warranting any of these searches at all, knowing the local ordinance?