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Old Dec 2, 2014 | 1:12 pm
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Originally Posted by mikeef
A little birdie told me that some people have even had needed meds confiscated...

Mike
But...they weren't confiscated because they were meds (because meds are supposed to be allowed), they were confiscated under the 'no explosives' rule.

TSA has changed the medical information on the website, but it has not changed the explosives information, so as it stands, my pills could still be confiscated.

Same logic applies to one brand of contact solution, ClearCare. It is allowed under medical rules but disallowed under 'evil substances' rules. Hey, TSA is a new agency, it takes time to settle in and get up to speed, and as most tech-familiar people know, it takes a long time, months of effort and $$$ and a staff of thousands to keep website rules updated.

Of course, if the website rules were kept current, questions at the checkpoint could be settled by referring to the website (and perhaps the SOP), instead of making up lies.
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