{"id":7336,"date":"2017-04-11T02:44:30","date_gmt":"2017-04-11T02:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.denverpost.com?p=2610646&amp;preview_id=2610646"},"modified":"2017-04-11T02:44:30","modified_gmt":"2017-04-11T02:44:30","slug":"so-how-do-you-get-marijuana-through-tsa-when-traveling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/so-how-do-you-get-marijuana-through-tsa-when-traveling\/","title":{"rendered":"So how do you get marijuana through TSA when traveling?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"wp_fb_like_button\" style=\"margin:5px 0 5px 5px;float:right;height:100px;\"><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/cannitrol.com\/blog\/so-how-do-you-get-marijuana-through-tsa-when-traveling\/\" send=\"true\" layout=\"standard\" width=\"450\" show_faces=\"false\" font=\"arial\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\"><\/fb:like><\/div><div class=\"row\" id=\"sticky-outer\">\n<div class=\"large-11 small-12 columns\">\n<div class=\"entry-meta-date\">Published: Apr 10, 2017, 8:08 am \u2022 Updated: Apr 10, 2017, 3:00 pm<span class=\"single-comments-link\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/04\/10\/marijuana-tsa-flight-airplane-travel\/76940\/#disqus_thread\" class=\"commentsNameLink\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p class=\"byline\">By <strong>Fredrick Kunkle<\/strong>, <em> The Washington Post<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Cannabis users had a brief but intense moment of euphoria this week after the Transportation Security Administration seemed to give a green light to air travelers to pack medical marijuana in checked or carry-on luggage.<\/p>\n<p>But the TSA\u2019s apparent new acceptance of THC \u2013 which appeared on its website \u2013 went up in smoke almost as fast as news of the supposed change zipped through social media. In 24 hours or so, the TSA\u2019s website went from green to red.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">HUGE! 1st official Trump admin marijuana move: New TSA site makes it clear you can bring medical cannabis on planes.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OVewqOGRsH\">https:\/\/t.co\/OVewqOGRsH<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/6cCbdp9xX6\">pic.twitter.com\/6cCbdp9xX6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Angell (@tomangell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomangell\/status\/849664384175673344\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The agency said passengers are still not allowed to have marijuana in their luggage and blamed the website\u2019s mix-up on a computer glitch.<\/p>\n<p>Marijuana is now legal for medical or recreational use in 26 states and the District of Columbia, according to Governing magazine. But the drug remains illegal under federal law, and Attorney General Jeff Sessions, for one, made clear he wants to keep it that way.<\/p>\n<p>So how do people fly (on an airplane) with marijuana that had been legally purchased in some states? Here to help is Joel Milton. Milton, a techie who grew up in suburban New York and then moved west for the Green Rush, is chief executive of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/2017\/03\/28\/cannabis-industry-technology-mainstream-customer-software\/76253\/\">Baker, a Denver-based software company that helps more than 300 marijuana dispensaries<\/a> in 13 states market their wares. The following Q&amp;A with Milton has been lightly edited:<\/p>\n<p>Q: What do you make of the TSA website\u2019s giving a temporary thumbs-up to medical marijuana?<\/p>\n<p>A: I loved it. I mean, first of all, there\u2019s no way it was just a random, data error. The reality is, the TSA was probably trying to do the right thing \u2013 or someone there was, and sort of acknowledging that, \u201cHey, listen, if you\u2019re a cancer or a glaucoma patient who has medical marijuana, [this is how to pack it].\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Q: What makes you think the TSA meant to change its policy?<\/p>\n<p>A: You know, people tweet at TSA all the time, right? And I\u2019m sure, based on some requests from some very ill people who really rely heavily on cannabis to make it through their day \u2013 I\u2019m sure they feel for those people and they probably said \u201cListen, you have a medical pink card, and you really need it. We\u2019re not going to bust you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Now, unfortunately, when you put that on a federal website, and you have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thecannabist.co\/tag\/ jeff-sessions\/\">someone like Jeff Sessions as the attorney general<\/a> . . . that\u2019s why it was removed pretty quickly. I\u2019m not surprised it got taken down.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">OMG TSA just updated their website AGAIN to include medical marijuana but this time with a big red NO instead of a green YES. Honestly, WTF? <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/g87p8b4p8L\">pic.twitter.com\/g87p8b4p8L<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Tom Angell (@tomangell) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomangell\/status\/849695880198410240\">April 5, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Q: Given the business you\u2019re in, do you partake?<\/p>\n<p>A: I do. Yeah. Certainly, in our company it\u2019s an interesting topic of conversation. We\u2019re big believers in the plants. We think that everyone has the right to enjoy cannabis and use it however they see fit \u2013 as long as it doesn\u2019t interfere with their workday.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Does your business also advise cannabis users on how to travel?<\/p>\n<p>A: Officially, all the advising we do is how to market your business. . . . That said, as a team of 27 cannabis enthusiasts who lived in four different states and who all travel very regularly, we know a fair bit about transporting cannabis across the country.<\/p>\n<p>And what I\u2019ll say is this: TSA says very clearly on their website that security officers do not search for marijuana or other drugs. That\u2019s not their job, right? They\u2019re looking for safety. They\u2019re not DEA, they\u2019re TSA. . . . That said, obviously cannabis is still federally illegal, so you have to be careful. And you certainly don\u2019t want to flaunt it or rub it in their face . . .<\/p>\n<p>Q: You don\u2019t take a wrapped-up brick of weed on board, I take it?<\/p>\n<p>A: Exactly. Here are some quick things you can do:<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Don\u2019t bring a liquid cannabis drink, like an elixir. We all know how good TSA is at finding water bottles. So the last thing you want to do is bring a liquid cannabis over 3.5 ounces. That\u2019s an immediate red flag to the machines.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Don\u2019t try to hide it. The TSA, those machines \u2013 they detect anomalies. And so if you were to try to shove it in a jar of peanut butter, it would look on the machine like something was hidden in the peanut butter, and they would pull it out and try see what it was, to make sure it wasn\u2019t a bomb that was hidden in there. Or if you try to shove a vape pen in your battery compartment in your laptop, that\u2019s going to raise a red flag, because it\u2019s designed to find things that are hidden. That said, hide it in plain sight.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 If you\u2019re traveling with flowers, take them in an odor-sealed package. And just put it in your backpack along with other food items.<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 If you are uncomfortable with the thought of traveling with it, you can always eat an edible before you fly \u2013 although, I would say only if you\u2019re very experienced. We don\u2019t want anyone to have a Maureen Dowd experience where you\u2019re trapped in a metal tube at 35,000 feet.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Have security officials ever found your stash?<\/p>\n<p>A: I have had my backpack searched several times, usually because I forget to take out a water bottle. On those times, I often have something hidden in plain sight that\u2019s completely overlooked.<\/p>\n<p>Q: Do you think the TSA will begin stopping people who have marijuana the same way they stop people with guns?<\/p>\n<p>A: I don\u2019t see it going backwards. Again, TSA lines are long enough. It\u2019s one thing for a passenger to take his gun on a plane, and it\u2019s another to take a little bit of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>Q: By the way, are you a member of the Cannabis Mile High Club?<\/p>\n<p>A: Yeah.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .row --> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How do people travel with marijuana that had been legally purchased? 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