<font face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">Originally posted by bdschobel:
Seriously, this does present a thorny dilemma to the TSA. Let's suppose for a moment that they decided to ignore amounts of cocaine below 5 kilograms (from CATSA Screener's example, above). If a screener finds a block of cocaine, does he then have to weigh it to see if it crossed the threshold into prohibited territory?
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Up here we don't have any specific guidance or official policies regarding drugs. Unofficially we ignore amounts that look like they're for personal use and it's up to the screener if he or she wants to do something about large amounts. We were advised the best course of action is to let people with large amounts pass and then call the authorities at the destination airport.