"3 SFO security screeners charged with smuggling cocaine"
Nov 10, 2015, 7:19 am
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Nov 10, 2015, 8:39 am
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Nov 11, 2015, 9:56 pm
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Nov 12, 2015, 9:35 pm
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OK, to simplify: if I was carrying badly home-rolled tobacco and TSA decided to investigate. Once the suspicious items that looked like some organic nastiness hazardous to aviation safety were established to be tobacco, would TSA still confiscate them because the screener thinks a badly-rolled cigarette is a lifelike 'replica' of a badly-rolled joint?
Would they call the cops before or after examining the cigarettes?
Would they call the cops before or after examining the cigarettes?
TSA security officers do not search for marijuana or other drugs. In the event a substance that appears to be marijuana is observed during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer.
Whether or not marijuana is considered legal under local law is not relevant to TSA screening because TSA is governed by federal law. Federal law provides no basis to treat medical marijuana any differently than non-medical marijuana. ...
Short answer, TSA does not search for drugs. If drugs are found or a substance "appears to be" drugs, TSA representatives will likely call police to handle the matter.
Nov 12, 2015, 10:08 pm
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from TSA website....
TSA security officers do not search for marijuana or other drugs. In the event a substance that appears to be marijuana is observed during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer.
Whether or not marijuana is considered legal under local law is not relevant to TSA screening because TSA is governed by federal law. Federal law provides no basis to treat medical marijuana any differently than non-medical marijuana. ...
Short answer, TSA does not search for drugs. If drugs are found or a substance "appears to be" drugs, TSA representatives will likely call police to handle the matter.
TSA security officers do not search for marijuana or other drugs. In the event a substance that appears to be marijuana is observed during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer.
Whether or not marijuana is considered legal under local law is not relevant to TSA screening because TSA is governed by federal law. Federal law provides no basis to treat medical marijuana any differently than non-medical marijuana. ...
Short answer, TSA does not search for drugs. If drugs are found or a substance "appears to be" drugs, TSA representatives will likely call police to handle the matter.
It should surprise no one that TSA will say one thing and do something else entirely.
