Rolling Cannabis Politics Thread

Better to carry on or put in checked bag?

God is Uncle Ike’s a big tourist draw now??

Better to carry on or put in checked bag?

― Mario Meatwagon (Moodles), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:02 AM (six minutes ago)

like others said the most discreet is vape pens and edibles, When i travel for work i take a vape pen in my carry on all the time even internationaly. When i'm coming back from CA and im bring a lot of stuff to stock up on i will put it in my check bag .

i feel like the TSA doesn't give two shits about it. they have looked at my vape pen more than once and just shrugged it off.

Cool, I'm trying to get caught up on all the new tech. I'm pretty much a weed luddite.

I went to meet my wife at the airport a couple of months ago and she asked me to bring an edible for her since she'd've been stuck on a plane for hours and then have to get a train home from the airport. I was a bit nervous about it but brought it anyway then got to almost void my bowels when I had to go past 2 sets of sniffer dogs to get to the arrivals area. The second dog actually came right up to me and sniffed my leg but didn't bark. I assume they were probably bomb dogs not drug dogs but still. I won't be doing that again.

to me weed vape pens are one of the greatest inventions of the last decade xp

otm

also:

http://adage.com/article/cmo-strategy/lagunitas-introduces-ipa-inspired-sparking-water-infused-thc/314038/

beer + w33d!

We have these in the UK:

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A few weeks ago I was sitting by myself on a train, at a table of four, when three other people came and sat down in the empty seats around me. One of the guys took off his coat - he was a policeman, in full uniform. In my bag I had a nice portion of VERY stinky skunk - thankfully, encased in one of these smelly bags. So the pigs were cool.

I've used those smelly proof bags before, pretty good. My current dealer just uses jiffy bags made for coffee beans and they work great.

there's a great (possibly apocryphal) story about this little convenience store in some tiny Northern California town that had the Ziploc corporate people come visit them because they were the nation's leading sellers of "turkey bags" - normally used for baking turkeys in ovens but also good for smell. "What's your secret?" the Ziploc people asked. Pretty sure they got some mumbled half-hearted "not sure" as a response.

I asked about edibles that looked like pills before and the person at the store said “oh planning on flying somewhere eh?”. They were unlabeled gel caps I stashed them with my vitamins and it was totally stealthy.

This backfired in Colorado when I bought pill looking ones that sadly had THC stamped into them

to me weed vape pens are one of the greatest inventions of the last decade xp

one of the few 21st century inventions that if you showed it to high school/college me it'd blow my mind.
Assume TSA doesn't care about them cause it's clearly personal use only and a small amount at that.

Some airlines forbid checking lithium-ion batteries into luggage, and as an example, I've seen signs at BOS to alert passengers.

Ergo, the thing to do if you check luggage is to put your vape cartridge into your checked bag and carry the igniter portion of the vape right through security. Thanks to e-cigs, those are totally legal and ubiquitous.

I've never done it, but I have tons of friends who have zero fears whatsoever about carrying hash oil onto planes.

yeah don't put l-ion batteries in your checked luggage

or i don't even take my battery if i'm flying somewhere i know i can pick one up for $15 at .

to me weed vape pens are one of the greatest inventions of the last decade xp

― (•̪●) (carne asada), Wednesday, June 27, 2018 10:17 AM (one hour ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

for sure

Teenage GD, is basically me right now. I've never vaped anything.

Same

Col Poo - I'm guessing your edibles are home-made brownies or cookies, not lozenges or mints or gummies that a) don't smell and b) come individually sealed in plastic anyway. It's really no big deal to fly within or out of the States with a bunch of weed in the 2010s.

nah was fudge, not sealed, and not in the US

Col Poo - I'm guessing your edibles are home-made brownies or cookies, not lozenges or mints or gummies that a) don't smell and b) come individually sealed in plastic anyway. It's really no big deal to fly within or out of the States with a bunch of weed in the 2010s.

my sis walked right past a TSA dog with a bag of gummies in her purse and nothing happened (not sure what the deal is with those dogs, if they're only trained on explosives or some drugs but not weed or whatever)

I think TSA is only concerned about weapons and shit. if they happen to come across some weed they sometimes ignore it or else call the local authorities but it's not their thing , most i assume are on drugs themselves.

lol yeah nbd they will just call the local authorities

cops are famously chill about trafficking drugs across state lines

idk it depends where you are at i only say this becasue my friend got his shit taken and just a scolding from the cops trying to fly out of LA and this was before rec was lagal , He had his med card .

xp except bringing personal use edibles or vape pen is not "trafficking drugs"

Man at Reagan airport, I got questioned for 30 minutes, had to strip down most of my clothing because one dude was certain I had weed on me, I have never even used weed in my life, I wouldn't risk it at all.

Im by no means saying it's a free pass but i travel a fair amount and pretty much always carry. the first few times i was definitly sketched but i for reals don't even think much about it anymore. obv vape and edibles is easier then flowers

smoke weed everyday

otm

gonna smoke for brad right now iirc

pls do, i'm at work where you're still not allowed to smoke weed (in this economy???)

smoked it for you my main man

https://www.straight.com/cannabis/1101001/us-reportedly-issuing-lifetime-travel-bans-anyone-even-remotely-connected-canadas

Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus R. Vance, Jr., today released the D.A.’s Office’s new policy to decline to prosecute marijuana possession and smoking cases, effective tomorrow, August 1. The policy, which is included below, is expected to reduce Manhattan marijuana prosecutions from approximately 5,000 per year to fewer than 200 per year, a 96% reduction.

“Every day I ask our prosecutors to keep Manhattan safe and make our justice system more equal and fair,” said District Attorney Vance. “The needless criminalization of pot smoking frustrates this core mission, so we are removing ourselves from the equation. Our research has found virtually no public safety rationale for the ongoing arrest and prosecution of marijuana smoking, and no moral justification for the intolerable racial disparities that underlie enforcement. Tomorrow, our Office will exit a system wherein smoking a joint can ruin your job, your college application, or your immigration status, but our advocacy will continue. I urge New York lawmakers to legalize and regulate marijuana once and for all.”

The D.A.’s new “decline to prosecute” policy was distributed last week to Manhattan Assistant D.A.s, as well as to the New York City Police Department, Office of Court Administration, and public defense organizations.

sweet

Many officers in NYPD will be sad now that they have one less excuse to racially profile. Of course, when they can legally kill an unarmed black man for 'suspicion of selling loose cigarettes on the street', this should not present any insuperable problems.

It was interesting to see how all this stuff is being handled on the west coast. I can only assume it will wind down like marriage equality, with the rest of the states following the lead of NYC and just totally ending most enforcement and the lagging federal government eventually more or less forced (or who knows, committed) to following suit. When even Oklahoma is heading in this direction ...

Bike tour guy in San Francisco predicted the hills around Mendocino will soon be to pot what Sonoma/Napa is to grapes.

too bad the hills around Mendocino are all on fire atm and not the good kind of blazing

I'm supposed to be going to a wedding in Idyllwild this weekend, forest fire map thing is not looking too encouraging

sorry that would more be for a forest fire thread than this one ;_;

more on topic: angelenos, what's the process for legal pot purchasing? just walk into a dispensary and have id or something?

not an angeleno, but yeah it should be that easy.

that's how it works in Oregon

also, cash only

sounds good!

I think it also depends on what city you're in, most cities are not allowed that kind of access yet. West Hollywood does, Oakland, I think.

http://www.thecannifornian.com/cannabis-news/california-news/legally-buy-recreational-marijuana-california-starting-jan-1/

I bought a couple of edible things last week out west, mostly for the sake of curiosity (I've never smoked so much as a cigarette before). In Ashland, Oregon, we had to be buzzed in (har) to this modest place, barely more than a couple of counters, and the average dude behind the register checked my wife's ID, showed her what they had in stock (there were dried plants, pipes n stuff, lotions, tinctures, edibles, et al.), then she paid in cash. I can't remember if credit was an option, but they did put a few flyers in the bag re: safety and keeping kids away, etc. In San Francisco, totally different experience. There was this insanely high-end (har again) place down the street (hxxps://apothecarium.com), so I went there, showed my IL ID, they took a picture of it, had me fill out some info, then had me wait in a really nice lounge until they called my name. They were extremely nice and professional, answered my questions, offered suggestions, gave me a first time customer discount, then let me pay with credit. I looked into it a bit more, and apparently there are some strictly medical places in CA that do require a prescription or card, but in SF I needed nothing but an ID. And an out of state ID, for that matter. Anecdotally, I saw more dispensaries in Portland but less open use. In San Francisco it was the converse.

FWIW, I packed the couple of things I bought in my carry on bag and took them home. TSA doesn't care about that stuff, and even if anything somehow got on their radar I believe the policy is to refer (har?) it to the local police. But of course local police increasingly really doesn't care short of someone packing a huge duffel with drugs.

Here in Illinois, things are a lot stricter. Pot is legal for medical use, but the official medical uses are pretty serious issues (cancer, IBS, PTSD) that require lots of hoops - doctors, fees, cards, etc., totaling probably a good hunk of time and I think a few hundred dollars in fees. Even so, my pal got his card from some quack, and while he still had to jump through hoops and did get it for a medical condition, that medical condition (insomnia, essentially) is not on the approved list. Still, he said it was pretty easy. The local place he buys whatever from, though, involved several waiting rooms and doors and codes and security and paying with cash.

DC seems to have it weirdest. They voted overwhelmingly to legalize for recreational use, then the federal gov intervened. So apparently there is this whole grey area system of buying some trinket from a dealer/dispensary/shop and then they throw in the pot as a "gift."

It's all fascinatingly ad hoc.