>>>While some police will just toss a joint in the trash if they find it on someone, many (and by many, I mean most) will not.
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>Fair enough- once somebody reaches the point of being searched, they risk arrest if a joint is found on them.

Well that brings to light a other problem - the "stop and frisk" gestapo tactics that, for example, the NYC police were using - which means that a cop can stop and search you for absolutely no reason whatsoever. Since Trump is president-elect and of course ex-mayor Rudy Giuliani is one of his lapdogs this racist policy will surely be back in full swing soon enough. I guess my point here is that when you say "somebody reaches the point of being searched" - the thing is that this "somebody" doesn't have to do a damn thing to be searched.