Medical Marijuana Passes Through Airports

[grace]

Airport security used to be the end of the line for travelers holding marijuana.

 

Now, some consider TSA to be looking the other way. Medical marijuana patients report no problems as they boarded with carry on luggage and cannabis plants. Under the new regulations, patients can fly with their cannabis. They can even change planes in states where it's illegal. One medical marijuana advocate explains why he thinks the new way some airports are handling it is better than their previous methods.

 

"People don't know where to get seeds. They don't know where to get clones. They are afraid to drive through states to go through California to Montana. To get a good strain from California, I would have to drive through Oregon and through Idaho which don't recognize medical marijuana. They'll take you to jail," says Jason Christ from Cannabiscare.

 

We talked to the TSA, and they told us it's not really up to them.

 

"State laws supersede what we would do in the aviation sector, and it would be up to the local law enforcement officials to determine the action they would take based on whatever the person was trying to bring on board an aircraft," says Dwayne Baird with TSA.

 

Some Montana cannabis flyers were told the restrictions are that both the initial and final destination must be medical marijuana friendly, and passengers in possession can't leave the terminal with cannabis in states that haven't legalized it.

 

Date: 5 August 5 2010

Source: NBC Montana News

http://www.nbcmontana.com/news/24531546/detail.html