mongbiohazard: Fark you, legalize it.

But then how are state and federal agencies going to fill their pockets with that sweet, sweet civil asset forfeiture money?

Once upon a time I worked at Kinkos, which was owned by FedEx so we did quite a bit of shipping for them.  One day our shipping specialist came up to me and said she took in a package that she thought was suspicious.  When I asked why she said the guy paid for us to pack it for him, which was uncommon, he watched her like a hawk as she was packing it, and it was what she recognized to be a $15 coffee maker.  So I walk over to check it out and it reeked of weed.  There weren't any managers in the store at the time and as the most senior employee I was technically in charge, so I grabbed the package and said I'd go call my boss and ask what we should do.

What I actually did was took it to where there was a blind spot in the security camera coverage and opened it up, and sure enough there was about 1/4 ounce of high quality (by 2008 standards) weed.  Stupid mfer just wrapped it in tin foil and masking tape.  Didn't even try a zip lock bag.  So I pocketed it, taped the package back up and put it back with the others.  I almost felt bad for stealing someone's weed, but there was no way that would have made it through as badly as it smelled, so I figured it was better it go to someone that would enjoy it rather than just being confiscated.

khatores: beezeltown: This has been not news for decades.

FedEx isn't nearly as widely used as before the whole bomb threat thing happened and they started requiring IDs.  AFAIK, USPS tends to be the most commonly used one because their overall volume is much higher and they don't require IDs at all.  You can still pay for shipping in cash. In this case they must have owned the shipping place or the shipping place was in on it.

The USPS distribution centers get so much weed that they say the whole place smells and whatever they can find, they stack up in piles to be taken away and destroyed (or probably stolen).

As far as laundering money through remodeling buildings and houses for resale, this has been done for decades. For everyone they catch, there are literally tens of thousands of people doing the same thing.

Of course with USPS there's an increased chance of the package just straight up disappearing somewhere along the way, but I suppose that's the cost of doing business.