Jun

Stoners Advocate Sparking Up Before Flights, Man

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Air travel is a hassle, man, and marijuana advocates in Denver say everyone would find it a lot more pleasant whether they could enjoy a few bong hits before boarding. The way they see it, whether public can knock a few back before a flight, they should be able to spark one up. They’re calling on airports nationwide to install marijuana lounges.

“All we’re saying is, in light of the fact drunk and disorderly incidents on airplanes are fitting more common, it really makes sense to allow adults the choice to use marijuana,” says Mason Tvert, executive director of Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation. “There’s no rational reason our government would allow citizens to use alcohol and not use marijuana.”

Well, apart from for the fact the feds classify marijuana a Schedule 1 drug, putting it alongside heroin, meth and acid on its list of Drugs That Definitely Are Evil.

Tvert says many travelers consider flying stressful, so they’ll have a drink - or two, or three, or… - before boarding. That can lead to problems, such as the case final week where a JetBlue passenger allegedly lit up a cigarette and socked a flight attendant. She blamed the crew for serving her three vodkas. U.S Attorney Troy Eid told the Rocky Mountain News the feds are seeing a record number of passengers - often drunk -

misbehaving on airplanes. “I think sometimes folks think that is a joke,” he says. “They think it’s funny. And they’re going to find out otherwise as we do more and more of these cases.”

SAFER says giving public the option of smoking a joint before their flights would relax them without making them unruly. But don’t expect the feds or the airports to go along with the notion. Chuck Cannon, a spokesman for Denver universal Airport, told the Denver Post he doesn’t foresee marijuana smoking in the airport. “Marijuana is illegal isn’t it?,” he says. “All the bars and
restaurants are concessions and they sell what they sell. I do not know
that we are going to tell them what they can sell. Alcohol is legal and
tobacco is legal and marijuana is not.”

Tvert said he doesn’t have a problem with alcohol being sold
in airports - although some citizens do, and say it should be banned - but says citizens should have another option. “It is irrational and potentially dangerous policy to continue allowing
passengers to get drunk before and during flights while prohibiting
them from simply making the safer choice to use marijuana prior to
boarding,” Tvert says.

Original post by Chuck Squatriglia