Say you smoke pot. And you’re flying from Logan to LA or Las Vegas or Nantucket — all places where recreational marijuana is legal. And, just hypothetically of course, you’ve got some weed and want to take it with you on your flight.
Can you?
The confounding, Kafka-esque answer— made possible last fall, when Massachusetts voters legalized marijuana — is a hazy maybe.
Start with the basics: Marijuana possession is forbidden under federal law. So taking pot across state lines — or into federal airspace — is risky.
But possessing an ounce or less is legal in Massachusetts, and the Massachusetts Port Authority, which owns and operates Logan International Airport, doesn’t have any policy prohibiting it, so you can bring your stash onto airport property. The Transportation Security Administration isn’t looking for it, so you might glide through security.
But since the TSA is a federal agency that abides by federal law, if agents find some weed in your bag, they’ll refer you to the Massachusetts State Police. [Read more at Boston Globe]
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