LAX Airport now allows passengers to carry CANNABIS

TRAVELERS can now carry cannabis with them via the Los Angeles International Airport.

A written police policy issued by the airport police told passengers that small amounts of weeds could now be introduced into LAX, but warned that possession of any quantity remains a federal crime and that TSA agents hide.

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What would have happened to the passenger if he had been found with marijuana is not clear.

TSA spokeswoman Lorie Dankers said on Thursday that the officers would not take the drugs, but would call the police and let them take care of them.

She wrote in an email: "The TSA focuses on terrorism and threats to the safety of aircraft and their passengers, that the passenger be allowed to travel with marijuana at the discretion of the forces of the United States. order."

If it turns out that a traveler does not carry more than 28.5 grams (about an ounce), or 8 grams in concentrated form, the airport police will simply drop them, "because there is no crime", said the head of the airport, Alicia Hernandez.

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However, the police warn people to think twice before going on vacation with cannabis, as the cannabis rules will probably be different at the LAX passenger destination.

Until now, few, if any, airports seem to have followed suit.

The San Diego International Airport, Jonathan Heller, said that he had no policy on cannabis, and in Colorado, one of the first states to legalize recreational marijuana in 2012, it is still illegal to bring it to Denver International Airport.

Airport spokeswoman Emily Williams said that possession is still a federal crime and that air travel is regulated by federal authorities.

However, it also revealed that few people were taken into possession of the drug and that the sentence was light if the amount was small.

Ms. Williams said, "If that's a small amount, the TSA and the Denver Police Service will ask that person to get rid of it and if that person is willing to do it, they will get through it. . "

The best advice for travelers, according to Douglas Kidd, executive director of the National Airline Passengers Association, is to leave their belongings at home.

He said, "The first thing the TSA will do is if they find something illegal for the federal government, they will send it back to the local police.

"Now, local law enforcement can say," We will not do anything. "But still, the delay could make you miss your flight."

Previously, Sun Online Travel had revealed that cannabis-infused foods and beverages could now be ordered through the US through hotel room service.