Canadian Super Bowl Contest Winner Denied Entry To U.S. Because He Smoked Pot In 1981

From ThinkProgress Mon Feb 4 2013, 23:00:07

A Canadian man who beat out four million competitors to win a fantasy football league's grand prize of tickets to last night's Super Bowl was stopped at the border and denied entry because U.S. customs officials discovered he had a minor pot possession conviction on his record from 1981. Myles Wilkinson was 19 years old [...]

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