A few trips decades ago put an end to this one

Found on The Globe and Mail on Friday, 27 April 2007
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Curious how LSD and other hallucinogens might be used in treating patients, Andrew Feldmar turned on and tuned in himself.

Thirty-two years, however, turned out to be but an instant in the long, unrelenting U.S. war on drugs. Last summer, in an incident that has just come to light, Mr. Feldmar, now 66, was banned from entering the United States because of his long-ago use of LSD.

The guards simply looked up Mr. Feldmar on the Internet and discovered his own article about using LSD, written for the scholarly, peer-reviewed journal Janus Head.

Given the United States' "almost fanatical position on drugs," Mr. Oscapella said, even a teenager who simply writes in a blog about smoking marijuana is now vulnerable to online scrutiny by U.S. border guards.

Mr. Feldmar was held at the border for five hours, before being allowed to return to Canada after signing an admission that he had once violated the U.S. Controlled Substance Act.

Mr. Feldmar is now banned permanently from entering the United States, unless he applies for and receives a waiver.

After months of consideration, Mr. Feldmar said he has decided not to apply for a waiver, despite the hardship of not being able to visit his two adult children, who live in Los Angeles and Denver.

Looks like some little border patrol guard was on a power trip. "What, Internet says he tried LSD 32 years ago? Then he ain't coming in here." Not even a judge would care about that anymore after all those years. However, if you want to be fair, you have to keep everybody out of the US who ever used drugs because this is obviously the law. So, next time Dubya comes back from some oversea visits, stop him from entering; after all, he's not clean either.