Is it Legal To Carry Cannabis Gummies through Harry Reid?

Is it legal to transport gummy bears through Harry Reid airport that were purchased in Las Vegas?

Sorry to say, the answer is a definitive no. It's not legal.

Bringing any cannabis product with more than 0.3% THC on an aircraft is against federal law. The typical gummy has 10 milligrams of THC, 30 or so times the legal limit.

A related question: Can airport security detect the difference between candy/vitamin gummies and cannabis gummies?

On the surface, again, no. If you mix cannabis gummies with your vitamins, TSA would have no reason to check them. And even if they did, as far as we know (and correct us if our information is lacking), they don't have the equipment to analyze gummies for THC content on the spot.

That said, you should be able to tell the difference, so you don't take a "vitamin" with breakfast and an hour later find yourself lying paralyzed on the office floor, with the bosses hovering over you, deciding whether or not to call an ambulance -- or the cops. (In other words, edibles are extremely potent.)

Also, tests show that even pot-sniffing DEA dogs have trouble identifying cannabis content in edibles.

That said, again, it's not legal. If by some extreme misfortune you're caught, you're probably in a bit of trouble.

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Bob Mar-05-2024

Just Wrong

as a child of the 60's-70's I'm no stranger to cannabis, But Lacing Gummy Bears with THC is just asking for trouble.  Kids find candy, they are going to eat it!  that's true of all edibles. Most Parents are responsible with such things, but many are not.

AL Mar-05-2024

Not necessarily drugged

The question-writer did not specify that the gummy bears he was asking about were those that were laced with drugs.  He only asked about gummy bears, period. Why do people have to assume that he was talking about drugged products? But on the other hand, if he DID mean to ask about drugged products, he ideally should've said so, to remove any confusion. The best choice of text for the Answer would've been: "Of course not. Why would you even think that was possible?" That would've avoided jumping to conclusions. And if the question-write DID mean gummy bears that were drugged, he would've then realized that he omitted a major detail, and that he got the answer that was deserved. Then he could've chosen to resubmit his question with the additional aspect, and gotten the answer that was fitting for that expanded question.

Hoppy Mar-05-2024

Before or After

Re: AL. Perhaps the question was written after gummies.

Anthony Curtis Mar-05-2024

Sure

Yes, there was probably mass confusion about whether or not candy is illegal at the airport. Come on.

Michael Seigal Mar-06-2024

Gummy bears?

I assumed the gummy bear reference was meant to be any cannabis gummy product. When Nevada made recreational cannabis legal I read that 70% of all purchases went out of state. If TSA & local police were to try to stop it the airport might as well close ( stop the line for another 5 minutes we have another fool). It’s legal in Nevada & 38 other states. Are they really going to get a conviction? What is it going to accomplish? How many police & court staff is it going to tie up? How much will it affect the amount of people going to Vegas?
Don’t be stupid. Put a few sealed packages of gummies in your bag & go. Nobody will care.

Mike Mar-06-2024

My wife and her idiot friend....

Decided to split a dispensary brownie without me knowing while I was on a work trip out there.  I tried to take them to a dinner meeting with work colleagues later on that evening.  Needless to say, they were excused off into the Vegas night prior to that dinner even starting and the other guests arriving.  Go easy with those things, LVA world.  These ladies were crushed and crippled.

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