Thanks to a change in Transportation Security Administration regulations, plane passengers can now travel with marijuana in carry-on and checked luggage.
Medicinal marijuana joins the waffle iron, snowboards, chopsticks and wedding dresses in TSA's diverse "What Can I Bring?" travel guide.
Since cannabis is only recreationally legal in 24 states, the new rule only applies to doctor-prescribed marijuana. TSA did not specify how much medicinal marijuana passengers can fly with. The updated regulation has been in place since April 27.
TSA reflected the new policy on its official website.
"TSA's screening procedures are focused on security and are designed to detect potential threats to aviation and passengers. Accordingly, TSA security officers
To be clear, cannabis is federally illegal, and all airports are federally governed. Still, thousands of passengers travel with pot every year without punishment, SF Gate reported.
Lawyers told the outlet that cannabis arrests scarcely occur at the airport. The Bay Area attorneys noted that TSA is fairly passive for anything less than an ounce.
American Airlines Will Not Allow Transport With Cannabis
Still, air passengers are advised to travel wisely.
In March, a California man was arrested for attempting to travel with 36 pounds of marijuana at Miami International Airport.
Earlier that same month, a Texas man was arrested for packing 75 pounds of cannabis in his luggage. Oddly enough, both arrests occurred in Miami, which experiences frequent drug smuggling attempts by travelers.
Ultimately, if you're flying with marijuana, the TSA says whether an item is allowed through a checkpoint will rest with the TSA officer.
Additionally, Delta Airlines and American Airlines explicitly say, as of May 20, that passengers are not allowed to transport marijuana on their flights.
