Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
Its similar to how the US treats open container laws.

96% of pot arrests in NY in 2016 were for displaying or consuming. Its the culture of lower income communities to not hole up inside, and you can't exactly smoke pot in a brown paper bag, so this is what we end up with.
Additionally, if the cop does a stop and frisk and empties the pockets of the person carrying weed, then they are guilty of publicly displaying it by virtue of the cop seeing it. It's an absolutely bizarre and nonsensical system where two independent legal actions, (possessing small quantities of weed and following police orders) somehow become illegal. Cops can and do use this as a cover.