Before marijuana was legalized in the state of New Mexico, I got two tickets for driving with marijuana in my vehicle, but one time I was on my way apartment from hanging out with my friends! The traffic stop was actually my fault, i ran a orange light.
The traffic light was orange in addition to I actually should have slowed down in addition to stopped instead of speeding up to get through the four-way traffic stop.
The police officer was a mile down the road in addition to pulled me over. I do not know how the officer knew that I ran the orange light unless he had access to a camera. I was going to attempt to confrontation the orange light ticket, however my mom in addition to dad got frustrated in addition to told me to pay the fines. The second time I got a ticket, I had marijuana in my vehicle. I was smoking a joint in addition to an officer pulled me over because I was going 65 in a 50 mph zone. The odor of marijuana was strong in my vehicle. That Albuquerque cop asked me to get out of my vehicle. The Albuquerque officer called for backup. The two officers searched my car in addition to found all of my stash. I got arrested in addition to put in handcuffs because I had an ounce of marijuana in my vehicle. I spent the night in an Albuquerque jail just for having an ounce of marijuana; Now it’s perfectly legal to go to a local dispensary in addition to buy an ounce at a time without getting into any trouble.