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Bluenorthwest

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10. TSA has zero authority in regard to cannabis, they can refer to local law enforcement if

Reply to arely staircase (Original post)

Mon Jul 11, 2016, 09:30 PM

Jul 2016

they are so inclined, in Oregon that would require them to call the FBI because that joint is legal in Oregon. The FBI does not want to hear about your joint. They just don't.

However, some States are draconian:
Thirteen Years for Two Joints
"One of those citizens is Bernard Noble, a father and aspiring restaurateur from New Orleans who was stopped by police and nabbed for possession of two joints in 2010. In keeping with Louisiana's habitual offenders law, Noble, who had two prior cocaine possession charges and a prior marijuana possession charge (he admits that he was a coke addict in the 90s), was sentenced to a staggering 13 and 1/3 years in prison for simple marijuana possession, a nonviolent offense."
http://www.vice.com/read/bernard-noble-sentenced-to-13-years-in-prison-for-two-joints

I'm told that the Southern States are super groovy but to me these wildly racist pot laws are a rather major issue.

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What do you think would happen to someone caught with a joint [View all] arely staircase Jul 2016 OP

terror money from purchase goes straight to ISIS. shoot to kill! Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #1

Yeah. That is what I was afraid would happen. arely staircase Jul 2016 #2

almost forgot.....torture first, then execute fast. Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #3

I've been told that in California the TSA calls the local police dept... mike_c Jul 2016 #4

Well. I live in Texas where there is no MM (virtually none). arely staircase Jul 2016 #6

mail it to yourself somewhere you can pick it up unobtrusively. put a return address of somebody Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #5

Forgot itbwas there until too late. I wasnt doing it intentionally. arely staircase Jul 2016 #7

I've heard of people who take the stylus out of a pen and slip one in the body. Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #8

Shit. Way down in my wallet seems to work. arely staircase Jul 2016 #9

:-) CentralMass Jul 2016 #16

Don't mail it: if you're caught, it's a federal crime struggle4progress Jul 2016 #18

TSA has zero authority in regard to cannabis, they can refer to local law enforcement if Bluenorthwest Jul 2016 #10

watch out if you're from texas, florida, OK, Louisiana, or Arizona, as of 2011: Gabi Hayes Jul 2016 #11

I know all to well UnFettered Jul 2016 #14

Unless they have enough to share with everyone in line Nevernose Jul 2016 #12

I had a wooden pipe Cartoonist Jul 2016 #13

TSA has no idea if your brownie has pot in it or do they care. They have no way to test for pot. nt Logical Jul 2016 #15

I remember this one from listening to the Dr. Demento radio show. CentralMass Jul 2016 #17