Take a step back and look at the principle behind the whole thing. Government is banning a plant. A plant! The whole idea is rediculous...yet people are so anaesthetized to it that you sit back a say she had the leaves, so she deserved to die.
As for whether someone's rights were violated by the search, of course they were. If the Feds sent goon to search you every time you got in your car, it would still be a violation of your rights, even though you could always choose not to drive.
As for whether someone's rights were violated by the search, of course they were. If the Feds sent goon to search you every time you got in your car, it would still be a violation of your rights, even though you could always choose not to drive.