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Old Oct 18, 2019 | 8:06 am
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petaluma1
 
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Originally Posted by NavSTL
Holy sweet muppety Zeus, what terrible advice. The answer to ANY question put to you by a federal officer, if you don't like where the conversation is headed, is the truth or silence. You do not know what information CBP is working off of, and material misrepresentation is a much more durable form of forever ban than a minor, ancient-history drug offense is. Literally being caught with a joint in your pocket at the inspection is less likely to result in a permanent ban.
What about "Unless there is a public record of your past use" do you not understand?

Originally Posted by deadinabsentia
Disagree. Always lie about drug use unless you have a conviction. Always
I would amend that to "or unless you were stupid enough to have admitted it on social media".

Last edited by TWA884; Oct 18, 2019 at 8:32 am Reason: Merge consecutive posts by the same member; please use the multi-quote function. Thank you.
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