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The Oakland airport pot conundrum
Airports in California are in a bit of a pickle - their state allows the medicinal use of marijuana, but until last year, no airport in the nation allowed users to legally carry their stash on a plane.Oakland airport is the only one with an official policy permitting pot carrying passengers to fly, though officials do point out that they run the risk of being arrested if they are searched at their destination (if they are flying somewhere medicinal marijuana is not recognized).
Pot for medicinal use has been approved in California since 1996. Until 2008, any marijuana found at Oakland airport meant the cops would be summoned, and the stash thrown away - even though it was obtained legally. FAA regulations ban people from carrying marijuana on a plane - unless it is authorized by a Federal or State law.
According to a local Sheriff, some other Californian airports have an unwritten tolerance policy, while others like Burbank, Ontario and San Diego do not. The Sheriff says all airports in the state should have an official policy supporting the state law, but at the moment, Oakland airport is the only one.
Obviously this does not mean that any pothead can fly in and out of Oakland with a couple of baggies, the distribution and use is still regulated, but those people that need their daily joint to relieve pain can fly knowing they won't be harassed.
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Reader Comments (Page 3 of 3)
Steve M. Oct 20th 2009 4:55PM
Sounds like the people at Oakland airport are doing something right. Some friends of mine came up with a good 7-minute video on why pot should be legalized. Take a look and if you think it’s a worthwhile video, send it to as many people as you can. Go to YouTube and copy and paste these four words into the search bar: obama natural medicine Tylenol.
Truth Teller Oct 20th 2009 4:48PM
Who is the most smartest quote in the world that person who saw everything on his life from Ireland to Philadelphia then signed the US Constitution?
Thomas Fitzsimons got the right final words of his quote that brings forever protect God's right. His famous quote which never dies, "Mean and Way." Becuase he told everyone in Congress in 1700s that he opposed the Slaveries. He never did violent conversation of his quote until President Bush realized at last about Fitzsimons's famous quote. Wow! There is should have "Human Diversity Civil Rights." Three laws under Human Diveristy Civil Rights are Men Civil Rights, Women Civil Rights and Disability Civil Rights. It should had that done 40 years ago instead of Black Civil Rights and Gay Civil Rights. Bush was trying to change proper words of civil rights for all colors of civil rights than one color of civil rights and immoral sex civil rights. God is still upset more that Obama defensed himself that He wanted for " Change." It bought them in dying more when Obama didn't realize at the end for December 21, 2012. It's hardest for everyone to believe how we lost God's first language again.
That's how Presient George W. Bush tried to remove those two civil rights. President Obama said Bush was the violent to remove those two civil rights. That's how Bush failed and then Great Despression came back at last for President Obama. Therefore, He didn't realized at last for Fitzsimons's right correrction view of his quote since more than 200 years. Bush tried to save for everyone until Obama did brainwash on people again. We are not talking about Republicans or Demoracts. We talked about that Bush realized at last for Fitzsimons's famous quote which bring more common sense of right correction view of points.
That's how Daniel of the Bible Book warned people a very along time ago about "Government." Until Fitzsimons got understood Daniel's story which brought back for how to slove his quote. Then Obama pushed away of Fitzsmons's quote again.