Pot on a plane? TSA reverses course after briefly saying it's OK to fly with cannabis

[Eugene]

Source: The Guardian

Pot on a plane? TSA reverses course after briefly saying it's OK to fly with cannabis

he official website said flying with medical marijuana was no problem
– before changing its mind after 24 hours. Legally and practically, the
picture is confused

Josiah Hesse
Thursday 6 April 2017 13.22 BST

For at least 24 hours, it appeared that the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) had officially declared what many had suspected all along: if you have a prescription, you can fly with marijuana.

The TSA website’s “What Can I Bring?” page – listing items allowed and banned from plane travel – amended their “Medical Marijuana” section on Tuesday so that a bright green “Yes” appeared next to “checked” and “carry-on bags”.

Link to tweet

By Wednesday afternoon, that same page disappeared for a few hours, then returned with a red “No”.

“We’re sorry for any confusion. A mistake was made in the database of our new ‘What Can I Bring’ tool,” the TSA tweeted in response to marijuana-reform advocates celebrating the apparent change in policy.

Link to tweet

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Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2017/apr/06/marijuana-tsa-airport-flying-rules

A database error. Mmm...okay.

[underpants]

1. What, were the high?

[NightWatcher]

2. I "park n spark" before I fly and/or arrange it to meet me at my destination.

I knew a head who often flew domestic with a little baggie of weed.

[safeinOhio]

3. On domestic flights it is best

to put it in your checked bag. Chances are they will just steal it or toss it out.