Posted on 01/20/2014 5:18:09 AM PST by Wolfie
Marijuana amnesty boxes going up at Colorado Springs Airport
Amnesty boxes are going up at the Colorado Springs Airport on Wednesday for people who didn't realize that it's illegal to possess marijuana on a plane.
It is legal to leave marijuana in a parked car at airports under the Colorado law that legalized recreational marijuana, but you can't bring marijuana inside airport facilities.
Officials are encouraging people to leave their marijuana behind, but they also want to help people who broke the law and don't want to miss their flights. Installation of the boxes begins Wednesday.
Colorado Springs police chief Pete Carey said last week that all checked bags are screened by Transportation Security Administration, the U.S. Department of Homeland Security agency that screens airline passengers and baggage for weapons and other contraband.
If passengers pack the pot and TSA officials find it, they will call Colorado Springs police, Carey said.
Passengers will have the opportunity to give up the pot without penalty, he said. All the marijuana placed in the special amnesty boxes will then be destroyed.
But once the doors on an aircraft are closed, the passengers are under federal law, Carey said. And, if they get caught with weed they can be fined and jailed, he said.
Gee, what could possibly go wrong with this plan?
For one, I am envisioning bootleg amnesty boxes being set up by some enterprising crooks.
Have a baggie? - leave a baggie
Need a baggie? - take a baggie
why on earth would you open your door to a cop
I speak through the door
“what”
they told me and I said ‘just a minute”
I went out through the garage and around to the front to meet them
lo and behold one was by the hedge out of my sight at the front door
they told me they were looking for some teenager
I asked if they had a card and said I would call them if I got any info
If I got caught wit dope at an airport I would flush my mj down the toilet before leaving it for whoever has the job of emptying the “amnesty boxes.”
The last thing of value I left for any of them was about two ounces of toothpaste in a crumpled tube.
I was expecting my girlfriend. I opened the door with a drink in each hand and a joint. not exactly OPSEC
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