Medical Marijuana Passes Through Airports

[John Q. Citizen]

Medical Marijuana Passes Through Airports
By News Channel Staff
POSTED: 5:16 pm MDT August 5, 2010

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.

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"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.

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

[asdjrocky]

1. Interesting.

I was just talking to someone from TX who is facing this problem.

[John Q. Citizen]

2. i don't think TX has medical canabis, do they?

[asdjrocky]

3. No, but this person travels, and has a Ca DL.

They are looking for a why to help their autistic son, and cannabis has been showing great promise in that area.

Also, the ASA is being pretty tough on the TX front, and there is always hope.