RW>Under a ZT rule system the cop wouldn't have any
  >choice.  He would have to arrest me and take me to jail
  >no matter what I told him or what he thought.  ZT means
  >that any violation of the law is treated the same as
  >any other and because I was carrying a strange drug I
  >would have to be arrested just the same as someone with
  >1000 quaaludes.
CH> He can't arrest you without probable cause, Rich.  Faced
He would have PC, the fact that I am carrying an
unidentified medication. 
CH> officer to verify your claim. If they are prescription
CH> authorized by your physician, I doubt you would be
CH> prosecuted because there would be no crime normally or under
But that's not the point.  All charges maybe dropped
but I would still be charged or at least 'arrested' by
the officer because he would have no choice because of
the ZT rules.  It would then be up to me to PROVE my
innocence.
Here's a real life example.  Many years ago (many, many
years ago) I was on my way back to college from
Christmas break.  During the break I had done some
hunting so I had my firearms with me.  I had a
holstered handgun on the dash (the legal way to carry
it at the time) when a nice state trooper decided he
wanted to tell me I needed to slow down.  I informed
him of the weapon, which he could plainly see, and he
didn't even flinch.  After checking my DL and writing
me a warning ticket he noticed a box of ammo on the
passenger side floorboard.  He told me that I needed to
lock the ammo up because it was illegal to have it in
the passenger compartment with the weapon.  I told him
fine and he walked back to his car, and I put the ammo
in the glove box, locked it and went on my way (at a
slower rate of travel ).
Now if I had been in a weapons ZT area I would have
been arrested, charged and convicted and would have
never passed, or had a he!! of a time, passing any type
of security clearance.  As it was I "got away" with two
clear violations; speeding and the weapon charge. 
Did the trooper make a bad decision and endanger the
public by letting me go?  Would have things turned out
better if the trooper had no choice but to arrest me
because some politicians wanted to make PR points by
having a ZT on crimes involving weapons?
One of my biggest complaints about ZT policies is the
fact that they remove the enforcer of the rules from
the system.
                      Remember:  Freedom isn't Free!
--- timEd-B11
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