Knox: '67 marijuana resin conviction grounds B.C. man at U.S. border

Canada.com Tuesday 17th January, 2012

VICTORIA -- Even the judge rolled his eyes, gave Adrian Dorst a suspended sentence when the then 24-year-old got busted for having marijuana resin in a decorative pipe way back in 1967.But American authorities were dead serious when they discovered the Tofino, B.C. man's 45-year-old conviction last week.They refused to let him fly through the U.S.,...

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