Q: If my drivers license was suspended in Washington state, and I have moved to Southern Georgia 6 years ago. I have tryed
To obtain a license here. Yet could not. I understand that Washington has band me from driving within it's state borders. Yet they say because of this I am not allowed to get a license here. How dose Washington get to tell georgia what they can and can't do? I understand that if I'm caught in Washington driving and I get caught, I will pay the consequences. So if this be the case if im from Washington where cannabis is legal. still a resident of the state never have got my ID in Georgia still have mine from Washington does that mean I'm legal to smoke cannabis in a state that it's illegal in because Washington says it's okay for me to do that up there or is it still illegal for me to do it down here.
A:
1. You're not allowed to get a license in Georgia if your privileges have been taken away from you in a different state. Georgia checks the NDR (national drivers registry) before issuing a license to anybody in the state.
Your cannabis rights from Washington allow you to use it in Washington. Cannabis is still illegal on the federal level and only low-THC oil is permitted in Georgia with the proper permission from the state.
Since you haven't been here very long, you should know that generally speaking, Georgia doesn't care much about how anybody else does anything in other places, and telling the police that that's not how things are done in your home state will get you nowhere. If you're caught smoking cannabis in Georgia, the penalty ranges from a citation and a fine to arrest and jail, depending on the jurisdiction.
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