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Courtesy TSA
Transportation Security Administration agents discovered marijuana hidden in a peanut butter jar during a security screening Sunday night at Oakland International Airport.
Transportation Security Administration workers at Oakland International Airport detained a man who they say tried to sneak marijuana onto a flight inside a jar of Skippy peanut butter, NBC Bay Area reports.
TSA spokesman Nico Melendez said a TSA employee noticed something was awry inside the jar during the X-ray screening.
Further investigation found the unidentified man put the pot inside a plastic baggie, which he then put inside the peanut butter.
Melendez said that although drugs are not something TSA agents actively search for, they are obliged to call authorities when they find them.
The passenger, who was headed to Los Angeles on Sunday, was cited for possession of marijuana. He also missed his flight.
Fellow passengers said the man admitted to trying to hide the drugs because he didn't have a medical marijuana card, Melendez said. Melendez told the Mercury News that this was the second time in recent months the TSA has found pot hidden in peanut butter.
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Good! TSA has stopped another jar of tainted Jiffy (or Peter Pan) from causing harm in flight! Kudos! Now if they could just catch some real terrorists, instead of terrorizing grandmothers.
And if you could stop bitching about someone doing their job and busting someone for doing something illegal. Wonder which will happen first...
Must be a shill for the TSE Working Welfare Bums :O
X-rays detect everything but real injuries.
Since when can you carry-on an open container?
They never ask to see my oxycodone (you only need 11 operations to get them) and I bring the entire bottle. That always gets me when on shows like Cops - they ask if you have your prescription on you when you get pulled over..right, and risk having medication you need stolen or lost? BTY; I don't know about others, but for some reason the pharmacist never gives me back the written prescription...HAAAAA...idiots!
Pharmacists keep the written Rx for anything. It is the law.
Eugene; what are our two options? I hate story problems. It looks like just one statement - but I'll give it a stab.
Answer: BW will stop bitching, before TSA agents stop busting people who pose no danger to others.
Can we have multiple choice next time?
Mungo - that is my point, they don't give you any: you are legal to use Oxy card.
Wow, some pot !! Ooooooh !! Such a bad, bad man !!
LOL.
LEGALIZE and TAX NOW !!
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Skippy Hippie .... "LOL"
If this idiot tried to get the jar thru TSA security, he was stopped because he didn't follow the 2 - 3 ounce rule. The smallest jar is 12 ounces, if I am correct and maybe that is why it was searched. Dumba$$. If I want to carry peanut butter, I get the small top ones (Jif to go) which is 1.5 ounces. So I don't understand why someone would be stupid to carry a jar of peanut butter unless it is in check in luggage. I have carried hot sauce and other types of sauces to friends when I visit, but it has always been sealed stuff that I check in because I know I can't carry it on the plane in my backpack.
I know I'll sleep better tonight!
He thought it strange that it appeared to be chunky, but the label said smooth.
He clearly should have chosen chunky JIF, because SKIPPY immediatly throws a red flag.
The flight alone should make him high enough ....
@!$%# the TSA
Darn it! He should have placed that jar in his suitcase instead of his carry on. It would have gone through no problem.
The worst that can happen is for the suitcase to get lost or sent to the wrong airport which is much better than getting arrested.
PLEASE stop saying "tax it" in the same breath as "legalize it", just the legalize part is fine, but if you give them the idea that it ALL should be taxed then they will Marlboro it. It will end up in the hands of corporate America and they will make it a chemically treated, nasty tasting, highly addictive, toxic substance just like what they did to tobacco.
If someone wants to sell it commercially then fine let them tax those people but for the rest of us what we grow in our closet and smoke in the privacy of our own home is no ones business but ours, not the federal, state of local government's and surely not the IRS. Tax the sale of the items needed to smoke it like bongs and the such (which they already tax) and needed to grow it such as lights and other equipment (which they also already tax) , but dont just say "tax it" because they will find a way to tax every lung full if they can. We have far too many taxes as it is, just make everyone pay their fair share and we will be fine.
OK, the TSA was just doing their job. I get that. But this story is worthy of national news how?
Does one need a toke that bad? Some are just stupid, I guess.
oh hell ya....they should tax the @!$%# out of it. just like cigs and alcohol.
And more and more doctors are just e-filing the script with the pharmacy of your choice rather than give you a written script at all, so you can't even Xerox it. Supposedly the cops are supposed to accept it if you have the pills in their original container, though.
And the FARCE go on and on.....
No, they don't give the prescription back, but they will print the name of the person it is prescribed to and the name of the doctor that prescribed the medication on the label. It will also have prescription number that they can use to get more information. If the bottle is not labeled(<-stupid), or the info on the label does not match your ID, or the contents does not match the label then you have some explaining to do.
OomYaaqub, There are some medications that require a written script. Any drug listed on Schedule II of The Controlled Substances Act requires a written script signed by a MD and you only have 48 hrs from the time it is written till it must be filled or it is void. There are never any refils so I can only get 1 mounths supply at a time. When I pick up the script I must show a photo ID and sign for receiving the script.
Yes, the TSA was just doing their job, which also happens to be in direct violation of the 4th Amendment. The problem isn't that the agent was doing their job; the problem is that the TSA exists. No federal entity should have this kind of power over private enterprise.
END THE TSA!!! Ron Paul 2012!!!
to MTpolitico #1.16
This is newsworthy because:
1. The TSA finally did something, and
2. The TSA agent reported it instead of stealing it.
They missed the big picture, was it crunchy or smooth? lol
just put a lid on it...and in it...that be some smoking peanut butter...
deprogam has it right. The Government need to get the hell out of my bedroom and my garden, thats my space and they have no rights telling me what to do there. Maybe they should go after big pharma for not making enough cancer drugs that save kids lives, all the while pumping out enough opiate pain meds to kill everyone in the country. Right now where i live 1 in 5 babies are born addicted to pain meds... sad they let this happen because of money.
Forget occupy wall street. They need to OCCUPY BIG PHARMA! But i fear most of thoses people probably like the ready availability of oxycotin...
Patt-2286806... Get rid of the TSA?? Sure lets just get rid of the military, police, FBI, DEA, and everyone!! The TSA is there because jacka$$ terrorist want to blow up planes. If you don't like it, don't fly!!
Bad ideas for sneaking drugs past screeners:
1. inside steak to get past a dog.
2. inside peanut butter to get past tsa 'bubba'.
ConcernedCitizen - Do you have any evidence that either the TSA OR the DEA is doing anything productive?
From what I see, the TSA is far more involved in the direct violation of as many amendments to the Constitution as they possibly can than in actually stopping REAL bad guys, and the DEA is a joke. Can you name ONE state that is clean of drugs after FORTY YEARS..? One CITY???
After forty years of failure, a company would CLOSE SHOP, but the DEA gets its budget doubled even as the legalization of medical marijuana demonstrates that its illegality is a sham of the highest proportion, destroying lives, and wasting trillions of dollars.
Has CA fallen into the sea? Are (more) schoolchildren running amok with 'reefer madness'? Of course not. The 'War on Drugs' is an international disgrace, singularly unsuccessful on every front. The ONLY losers in the 'War' are Americans, as we stop neither the flow of drugs, nor the lives destroyed by the War, and not the drugs.
Okay. It's been a long time since a member of my family was on any such drug. My son used to have take a variant of amphetamine, given for ADHD when ritalin doesn't work, but as soon as I could I took him out of school to homeschool, mainly so he could get off that garbage. He never "needed" it again, even when later enrolled in private school. I wish the law were as concerned about the indiscriminate and unnecessary doping of young children as it is about the possibility that the drugs might fall into the hands of college students, who are in fact FAR less vulnerable since their bodies are no longer growing.
Don't these dumbasses know about THC butter? No baggie necessary, and it makes damn fine brownies/CC cookies :)
Can people stop using drugs altogether, guess what?? no need for drugs it's all in your heads!!!
this is why I keep mine rolled up in very dirty underwear
Hey,,Diane,,here's something to think about while you're worrying about why he needs the weed,,it's a fact,,,do you understand the word,"FACT",,that weed causes less health problems than alcohol,,,no one,,,and I mean,,NO ONE,,has died from complications in the liver,,,from weed,,,NO ONE,,has died in a weed related traffic accident,,,SO,,,that being said,,,,they took this mans pot,,,arrested him,,,and then everyone on board the plane broke out the little bottles of booze,,,got sloshed,,,and all felt better about knowing,,that the evil man with the weed and peanut butter was tucked away in a jail cell,,,Oh,,,and by the way,,isn't it comforting to know that your pilot on board that plane,,has also had a few,,,just to take the edge off,,,but thats OK isn't it,,because,,ALCOHOL,,is legal,,,,OK,,MORON MOMMIE,,now,,shutup
1surrviivor,
Do you manufacture this "underwear" or is there a place you can buy it? Sorry, but gross dude.
1surrvivor, you can roll it up in baby poo, a well trained dog will still sniff it out. Check it out on Mythbusters!
Arthur-348233
http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2011/10/marijuana-smoking-dope-use-driving-traffic-accidents-study-columbia-university/1
You might want to do a little research before you post.
Bruce, you get the point.
1surrviivor,
Right about now, I'm pretty sure Arthur has some ripe undies for you.
Hey Bruce,,,why don't you read the latest,,,"Another Pilot stopped from boarding a plane,,,DRUNK",,,and Bruce,,that was a study,,,not headlines,,,why don't you and moron Mommie,,,go have a few "LEGAL",,drinks,,,and feel good about yourselves,,,and since my weed is legal,,I don't have to hide it,,MRZ,,,,why don't you join the other two and have some drinks.
Arthur Great posts and I agree completely about the hypocrisy about Alcohol over cannabis. These Holier than thou people who suck down the sauce kill people on America's highways beat and abuse wife and kids, My Nephew is a Police Officer in my town and he tells me that 90% percent of the calls they are dispatched to are Alcohol related in one way or the other. The reason Alcohol accidents and related crimes are swept under the rug is that all the lawmakers are knee deep in the juice they need their Alcohol their dependent on it or they get the shakes their all Alcoholics. Until these morons forget about the senseless Propaganda from the 50's the laws will never change it would probably put big pharma out of business hey the soccer moms need their adderall and oxycontin to deal with their bratty a$$ kids. Most of the people I've turned onto weed were drunk so there's your Gateway Drug. What I do behind my closed door in my home isn't anybody else's business I'm not hurting anybody so leave me the F**K alone. Go catch some real criminals.
I agree with you up until the point you start raging against women.
Then let's outlaw alcohol again, since it's not needed. Oh yeah, that went EXACTLY THE SAME WAY.
Sit down, and stop making things worse.
Great, more money for body scanners, more TSA agents, less freedom for us all, and all we have to show for it is some lousy pot in the peanut butter jar. I feel safer now.
End the war on drugs, adults dont need baby sitters. They wont obey a law that attacks their personal freedom, EVER. Liberty and the pursuit of happiness and all that...
He should have suitcased it.
why does he need it in the first place???
If I had to guess...he doesn't need it...he WANTS it.
Cannabis is good, and good for you. It's a very pleasant thing to take a couple of puffs and relax.
You relax however you want, and the system will trainwreck this guy (and tens of millions like him) for relaxing the way he wants.
The simple fact is, we live in a police state that attempts to micromanage the people.
Now...you keep in line and I'm sure everything will be fine for you.
But just know, there are millions of otherwise lawabiding, taxpayers who live with the true fear and apprehension of police intervention in their lives for growing and nurturing a plant which has caued no overdose fatalities whatsoever.
Cannabis prohibition is unjust and immoral. Stop the insanity.
Regarding the TSA, you could have thrown it in the trash and let this moron go about his life...instead you've manufactured another person to despise you for the job you can't do...
Remember cannabis lovers, use the power of your vote to end prohibition.
Because in moderation it's a cure for bronchitis. that's why. read "the emperor wears no clothes"...or you could just stick to listening to what the t.v. and the pastor tells you you should think.
I'm interested in how smoking can cure bronchitis?
it doesnt but you stop caring about it. ;)
Diane, if I didn't have weed to control my depression and anxiety, I'd come over there and smack you one!
right on Cybertoe
To deal with judgmental idiots.
It's an Oakland to Los Angeles flight. What did they expect to find in a peanut butter jar? I'm surprised that they didn't haul the guy to the hooskaw for having peanut butter. It's too fatty (even if it's nutritional). It goes against "health." It's the purpose of the government to make sure that everyone is "healthy." No one should be allowed to transport "unhealthy" food. Maryjane? Using that is a "choice," and should be allowed since it's illegal. We're only s'pose to ban things that are legal. It's for "health," dontchyaknow.
lol actually peanut butter is suppose to be heart health. :)
But it has fat. Fat. Even the low-fat has fat. You can't eat something that has fat. The government shouldn't allow you to do that. It's for your health. Maryjane doesn't have fat, and it's illegal. Therefore, you should use that. The government says so.
Comrades, calm down. The Government knows what we need.
Thats the "other" mile high club.
Man o man, I sure feel safe now. Nothing worse than a someone stoned on peanut butter.
Ok, you are some troll messed up in the head, the government knows whats good for us, but they won't get rid of the bad because so many lobbyists from Pepsi, McDonalds, etc. bribe the government to keep them safe. What kind of person says fat in food is bad for you ALL the time? You need some fat content in your body. I eat peanut butter a lot, and I'm pretty healthy. I can't believe this world is coming to where you can't even find something that has true health facts about it. As for pot, that stuff is bad, but it shoud be legal under certain conditions.
How I yearn for the good ole days when smoking was allowed on flights and one could go to the lavatory and take a few rips, blow it into the sink bowl with the drain propped open and no one would be the wiser. But the whole cabin filled with cigarette smoke was a bummer.
wow now i feel safe...pot in an airplane what a dumbass news..legalize the damn thing already
stupid is as stupid does
lol ,the dumbass should have just mixed it right into the peanut butter ,would have taken care of the munchies from the weed high
easier to roll, but a bitch to keep lit...
I wonder how many jars of jelly made it thru.
Shouldn't peanut butter have been in his baggie?
Thank you TSA. I feel ever so much safer now that the guy with pot is not on a plane.(that's sarcasm just so you know) I can't wait for airport security to go back to the airports. I might actually fly then.
Here is the thing, it could have been pot or something else. I know it does not sound like much but some TSa worker was was doing there job. Good for that worker.
Yes, it could have been. Except every single time that something has been snuck into peanut butter it is marijuana. It is never a bomb. It is always marijuana. Every time. But yes-- it could have been a bomb. And that nice old lady could be a vampire or a wizard or Scooby-Doo in disguise. Anything is possible. Better safe than sorry, right? Yes sir, officer, no problem putting my hands above my head and spreading my legs like some sort of criminal! Better safe than sorry! And please, if your incredibly expensive and incredibly ineffective scanner displays an "anomaly," I have no problem whatsoever with you running your hand up my thigh until it meets "resistance." Or, as we used to call it, my groin.
Better safe than sorry!
I'm betting on Scooby-Doo.
Just saying.
Morisk, it was Shaggy not Scooby Doo.
He would have gotten away too, if it weren't for them meddling kids....
....and their mangy dog too.
ROOBY-DOOBY-DOOOOOOOO!
So.....what do you do during an anal probe when you suddenly realize......
.......the inspector has BOTH hands grabbing your shoulders?
Good thing he did'nt try to hide it in lotion.
How long would it have taken him to drive to LA? Reminds me of the story about the food health inspector who decided a 4 yr old's turkey and cheese sandwich wasn't healthy enough and gave her chicken nuggets instead and then had the nerve to charge her mothe $1.25. Please, stop the insanity!
That's AT LEAST a three blunt drive!
It seems we have a lot of rights as Americans. BUT NO rights as employee's. We're just heads in a herd.
who the hell said we have rights to begin with...remember your in america...only foreigners have rights here...we just pay taxes so they have a free run...our so called government is rapidly removing all the rights we had from our founding fathers....hey look people...think about this...anything and everything you endeaver to do in this country either requires a license or a permit or a tax or a fine...everything you want to do there seems to be a law restricting it...and if not wait a week and there will be....I believe if pot was legalized and taxed it would increase the natins revenue and maybe the jails wouldn't be so damn overcrowded with non violent criminals and there would be more room for the violent ones...but hey...thats just my opinion...
Too much sense in that statement above. Yes, we do need to get a handle on non violent criminals in prisons and the violent ones (child molesters, rapists and murderers) that roam the streets.
I hate people who try to sneak a smoke on an airplane !
It's Obama's fault............
This is typical, I don't think Obama's the best president ever, but everyone in the U.S. jumps on the president during any unresolved crisis. If this was a monarchy or a dictatorship, your all too familiar comment would make some sense. There are many more problems caused by bickering representatives than Obama directly.
Went over your head, did it?
What a freakin tard. Its pot, you can walk into almost any bar ANYWHERE and someone can help you out.
AMAZING! The TSA generally cant find a turd in the terlet. But they will steal your watch right off of your wrist.
Wow. Trying to hide pot in peanut butter. Unbelievably stupid.
The guy must be a teabagger.
Every libtard knows to smuggle pot up their rectum.
Yep, you tack it to a Teabagger's head.
...so you either get pot that sticks to the roof of your mouth...
...or peanut butter that clogged your pipe...
TSA: no fun aloud. They should be grounded and unfunded. ;-)
Then have your fun quietly.
TSA finds pot in peanut butter jar -- there were no survivors.
Great idea. Get the munchies got ur peanut butter handy. I like it. Hey did they grope him after they found the peanut butter pot or after. I fly alot and I have recently been doing something that well, amuses me. I get to the Airport early, check my luggage and go to the lounge for a couple of stiff drinks. While sitting there I concentrate on getting something else 'stiff'. I then go through the TSA gauntlet. There is something bulging there and they have to check it right. Its alot of fun.
You got a permit for that?
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