The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports

Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by advertising on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @10:52AM (#20877705)

A person I know routinely flies with ~1 lbs of marijuana in his checked luggage as well as edibles and vape products, all just for personal use. He flies internationally to and from the States and no one ever says anything to him. Even flying into other countries where there’s no rec marijuana. It’s insane.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:06PM (#20882976)

This is an incredibly bad idea. What countries is he flying to? In much of Asia a pound of dope would suffice for the death penalty.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by djsumdog on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:52PM (#20883696)

I remember my entry card to Singapore contained something in big letters saying drug trafficking can result in death.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by hnarn on Thursday September 05, 2019 @06:45AM (#20885440)

Correct. The entry card you fill out on the plane literally has "DEATH FOR DRUG TRAFFICKERS UNDER SINGAPORE LAW" in red letters on the back. Easily verified by a web search.[1] Flying in with a pound of Marijuana to any country where it isn't legal is an incredibly bad idea, in parts of the world it may be suicidal.

[1]: https://proxy.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=https%3A%2F%2Fassets3.thr...

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by namanyayg on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:14AM (#20877914)

That's crazy. How does the risk:reward make any sense? Wouldn't he get totally and completely destroyed by legal systems when caught?

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by krustyburger on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:21AM (#20878005)

This reminds me of Paul McCartney’s famous stint in Japanese jail for bringing cannabis into the country.

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/paul-mccartney-i...

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by jeena on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:10PM (#20883554)

That reminds me of this guy: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-512815/Briton-jaile...

He went to jail for four years because they found 0.003g on the bottom of his shoe in Dubai.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by 9nGQluzmnq3M on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:51PM (#20883694)

I hope they put him in the same cell as the (possibly apocryphal) guy who was jailed for four years for three poppy seeds from a bagel.

https://skeptics.stackexchange.com/questions/43648/did-dubai...

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by siruncledrew on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:33AM (#20878139)

1 lbs for personal use?? How long is this person traveling for, because even an everyday smoker would have a hard time using a whole pound of weed in addition to vapes and edibles on a trip. That’s 454 grams of weed, they would need to be getting high like 24/7.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by MisterTea on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:50AM (#20878353)

I know some serious smokers who will burn an ounce in three days. I don't know how or why they'd want to smoke that much weed but they do. And I smoke every day, though not heavily. Just a few bowls after work.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by edaemon on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @07:23PM (#20882370)

Even at that rate it would take 48 days to consume a pound.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by KingMachiavelli on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @09:19PM (#20883032)

At that level of consumption it would make a lot more sense to step up to concentrates both logistically (higher THC/volume and has less odor) and better for his lungs.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by inscionent on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:48AM (#20878337)

> they would need to be getting high like 24/7

He said personal use...

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by DonHopkins on Thursday September 05, 2019 @02:00AM (#20884225)

I'll bet he's not black.

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Re:The Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at Airports by permatech on Wednesday September 04, 2019 @11:37AM (#20878184)

Is your friend Snoop Dog or Willy Nelson? Your friend should be very careful if he ever flies to Japan. Insane indeed!

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