{"id":49230,"date":"2019-12-23T14:50:11","date_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/chicago-airports-will-turn-a-blind-eye-to-travelers-flying-with-legal-weed\/"},"modified":"2019-12-23T14:50:11","modified_gmt":"2019-12-23T14:50:11","slug":"chicago-airports-will-turn-a-blind-eye-to-travelers-flying-with-legal-weed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/chicago-airports-will-turn-a-blind-eye-to-travelers-flying-with-legal-weed\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Airports Will Turn a Blind Eye to Travelers Flying with Legal Weed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new year will bring new rules for travelers moving through Chicago\u2019s O\u2019Hare and Midway airports, where local police now say they will begin looking the other way when it comes to <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/how-to-fly-with-weed-in-north-america-an-updated-guide-for-2018\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>cannabis in carry-on bags<\/u><\/a>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cannabis\/2019\/12\/20\/21026876\/marijuana-chicago-airport-law-tsa-customs-cannabis-weed-ohare-midway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>According to the <\/u><u><em>Chicago Sun-Times<\/em><\/u><\/a>, when the new year officially begins, and Illinois welcomes legal cannabis, airport cops will start to turn a blind eye to passengers carrying personal quantities of pot through the travel hub. And while local cops would prefer that high flyers leave their weed in the Windy City, the state\u2019s impending adult-use laws <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/welcome-to-the-future-peoria-airport-will-now-allow-passengers-to-fly-with-weed\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>do not draw an imaginary line at the TSA checkpoint<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTo ensure safe travel for all travelers, we\u2019re encouraging all travelers not to bring cannabis through Chicago airports as it remains illegal under federal law,\u201d Chicago police commander William Mullane <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cannabis\/2019\/12\/20\/21026876\/marijuana-chicago-airport-law-tsa-customs-cannabis-weed-ohare-midway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u>said<\/u><\/a>. \u201c[But if travelers are] within the guidelines of our current statute, starting January 1, we can\u2019t enforce anything. If they\u2019re legal, they\u2019re legal.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"640\" height=\"430\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/embed\/gallery\/photos-of-cops-smoking-weed\/photos-of-cops-smoking-weed-2\" ><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>At all airports across the country, TSA guidelines do not mandate any search for drugs or drug paraphernalia. But if weed is found, the federal officers simply refer the incident to local police. And as long as the amount on hand is less than the allowed state carry limit, the passenger will be allowed to depart with their dank.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf it is not a violation of the statute or ordinance, we would offer them a proper disposal of the cannabis if they wish, or they could continue on with their travels,\u201d Mullane told the <a href=\"https:\/\/chicago.suntimes.com\/cannabis\/2019\/12\/20\/21026876\/marijuana-chicago-airport-law-tsa-customs-cannabis-weed-ohare-midway\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Sun-Times<\/em><\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In other legal weed hotspots like <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/las-vegas-airport-adds-cannabis-amnesty-boxes-for-pre-departure-pot-disposal\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>Las Vegas<\/u><\/a> and Denver, airports have installed anonymous cannabis disposal boxes outside of departing gates and even passed specific rules to ban marijuana from airport property. Still, other airports are taking the same <a href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/cannabis-ads-appear-on-tsa-screening-trays-at-california-airport\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><u>hands off approach<\/u><\/a> as their Chicago counterparts.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, the new legal weed stipulations at Chicago airports will not extend to international flyers, who are required to pass through a much stricter customs checkpoint before arriving at their final destination. International travelers could still face severe penalties for carrying cannabis on their trip.<\/p>\n<p><em>Follow Zach Harris on <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PotCzach\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><u><em>Twitter<\/em><\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Airport security has no directive to look for drugs, and local cops at O\u2019Hare and Midway say they won\u2019t confiscate carry-on cannabis in 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3036],"tags":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Chicago Airports Will Turn a Blind Eye to Travelers Flying with Legal Weed - Merry Jane<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/merryjane.com\/news\/chicago-airports-will-turn-a-blind-eye-to-travelers-flying-with-legal-weed\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chicago Airports Will Turn a Blind Eye to Travelers Flying with Legal Weed - 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