At 10:57 -0700 2001.08.30, Tom Phoenix wrote:
>Suppose you use medicinal marijuana in Oregon (where it is legal), then
>you walk across the border to Idaho (where it is not legal). You don't
>bring any marijuana with you, and you don't use it in Idaho. Again, Idaho
>can't prosecute you for a "crime" (by their standards) committed outside
>their jurisdiction. Even if you keep going into Canada, the Canadians
>can't prosecute you for the "crime" you committed in Oregon.

Right. But, again, the law in question is a law regarding harm done to
someone (for example) in Idaho. If you harm someone in Idaho, then Idaho
may have some extra level of jurisdictional authority.

But now I think we are way off topic for this list. This issue is far more
broad than this list or the Sklyarov case. :-)

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