<p>If one is under 21 - and a closed bottle - it will still be possession - according to what I have read. It also effects others with you - as in your car if you are under 21 as well.</p>
<p>"Also, I just wanted to comment on another previous post that suggested that one could tell by looking at a person whether that person was in the country legally. I don't think it is possible to tell that from looking at someone -- even if he appears to look like someone you know who is here illegally."</p>
<p>I could have written that post, so sure was I of what someone would say!<br>
I did, however, make very clear that I personally know people who are here illegally that drive cars with NC plates. So this is not speculation. I know the issue exists with firsthand knowledge.</p>
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<p>I understand exactly what you are saying regarding the people you know personally. I was objecting to the notion that the "visual profile" of people you DON'T know could somehow tell you they were not in the country legally. I'm guessing "visual profile" has to do with ethnicity and indicators of low income.</p>
<p>"I understand exactly what you are saying regarding the people you know personally. I was objecting to the notion that the "visual profile" of people you DON'T know could somehow tell you they were not in the country legally. I'm guessing "visual profile" has to do with ethnicity and indicators of low income."</p>
<p>I understand that and you should feel free to object away. I made my extrapolation very clear (almost parsed) by saying that I do know personally that this problem exists, and that I suspect it is a big problem. I wondered what it is about NC laws that encourages illegal immigrants to register their cars there. You are implying racism where there is none (remember, I'm the literacy volunteer for the illegal immigrants that I know personally). There was nothing objectionable about my post, but your response is so politically correct as to be a parody. Was that the intent?</p>
<p>And I was just objecting to the extrapolation. Your work with immigrants is commendable.</p>
<p>"I'm not a lawyer and have never understood how someone can consume alcohol yet not be in possession of it. If it's in their hand or in their stomachs, isn't it in their possession?"</p>
<p>The same is true of drug laws. In very, very few states is use of illicit drugs a crime. Such offenses were eliminated from the law books in the 70s and 70s in order to encourage folks to enter drug treatment.</p>
<p>In my hometown in NJ we have a lot of immigrants (illegal or otherwise, I don't know) and in the areas where they live there are also lots of cars with NC plates. I've always wondered why this was as well. Just wanted to point out that zoosermom is certainly not the only one who has witnessed this phenomenon. </p>
<p>I suspect the time I was on codeine-powered cough syrup for over a week was the closest I've ever come to being drunk. My mother wouldn't let me leave the house all week because I couldn't walk straight.</p>
<p>For some reason it is apparantly easier for illegal immigrants to get a driver's license and insurance here in NC (although I think there have been some laws passed in the last year to make it tougher). So they get that here and then head off to their next destination or maybe send their vehicles for others to use in other states. We have a lot of Hispanic immigrants in our area. There are a couple of used car lots in our town that cater entirely to immigrants. The owner of one of the lots told H and I that all his business was from immigrants because he financed the trucks for them (at a very high interest rate I'm sure) and they then sent the trucks to relatives.</p>