Stealth Travel Guide With Weed

From time to time, cannabis enthusiasts may need to travel with their stash for one reason or another, but doing so carefully and safely can be a challenge. Here are some tips on how to keep it a secret (and keep yourself out of possible trouble from law enforcement or surprise from prudes) while traveling with your stash.

When is it legal to drive with cannabis (and when not)

While it is still illegal under federal law to travel with cannabis, it is legal to travel from one recreational city to another within a state where recreational use is allowed, provided you comply with local laws governing how much marijuana you can carry for personal use and how do it. must be kept in your vehicle. In most states ( sorry, New Jersey! ) you can get quite far on this.

Until it is moved or legalized, you are only allowed to travel with cannabis within the borders of a legal state. Even travel from one legal state to another is technically against federal law . (Patients with medical problems may have more options as some states allow legal purchases with your existing out-of-state card .)

As a rule, it is forbidden to fly with weed.

Sorry, it’s always illegal to board a plane with cannabis because federal agencies, including the Transportation Security Administration, control flights. For now, the Feds still label cannabis as a Schedule One drug on par with fentanyl, so it remains on the banned list for both air travel and interstate rail travel.

The best advice for anyone traveling with weed: don’t break any federal laws, no matter how outdated, but remember that you are free to travel from New York to the Catskills or from the Bay Area to Lake Tahoe along with your stash, for two great trip examples. With that in mind, here are some tips for travelers regarding discretion, safety, and portability when you are (legally) traveling with cannabis.

Why you might want to be careful

Unfortunately, smoking a joint on the street is still not culturally accepted in most places, no matter how many people try to make it the norm. Smoking cannabis on the sidewalk, like a cigarette, is only legal in New York City. While you should respect the use of cannabis in public places, it shouldn’t be a crime or taboo, especially if it’s a taxable product, but that’s not the reality we live in.

Many of us still avoid drinking in the family circle, regardless of generation. This may be due to the fact that you do not want to smoke in the presence of children, or because you have relatives who do not like it. Add to that traveling with pets, which you also need to keep away from your supplies, and you might have a small list of reasons why you want to travel discreetly that have nothing to do with trying to break the law.

How to be careful when traveling with weed

Are you ready to go full stealth? Because if you’re sticking to edible or drinking cannabis, the chances of an outsider knowing about it, aside from the warning label on the packaging, are very low. There are few signs that what you eat or drink contains cannabis – just pour it into a new container before drinking and you’ll be completely out of sight.

However, this is where caution becomes etiquette: you can’t leave crumbs or food or drink leftovers lying around – a child or pet can get drunk, and that’s not cool.

Consider your way of consumption

If you still need some oral “smoking” mechanism to get high, vapes can offer a great balance of low odor and smoke-like ritual for the traveler who doesn’t like being “loud” with their weed.

But vaping is a broad category, covering pre-filled concentrate cartridges, self-loading micro pens, complex dabs, and flower vapes that range in size from portable to desktop. While Vulkan would look nice in a restored mini camper, most people aren’t going to pack a UFO-shaped (and expensive gadget) when they leave town.

This means vaping can be as discrete as you want. If no one is around, the concentrate vapor clouds will likely disappear before anyone notices, but flowery vapes are slightly more smelly, especially when run at higher temperatures. The lower the temperature, the less “cloudiness”, but more flavor. At higher settings, the cloud will look more like smoke from a burnt flower and will have a scent.

Choose versatile gear

Handheld flower vapes come in all shapes and sizes, and some can hold both flowers and concentrates, so you can benefit from not carrying two devices. Two-in-one devices such as the Pax 3 and Puffco Proxy include additional attachments that allow you to switch between consumption methods.

PuffCo devices may be made of thin glass, but they take an innovative approach to packaging – the durable Peak Pro comes in a lightweight Styrofoam case that has compartments for every imaginable accessory, including a charger, cleaning swabs and concentrate jars.

These devices are pretty durable – you’re likely to run into battery issues long before there’s even a scratch on the case. Mini and micro pens also still exist, even if some people remain wary of pre-filled carts in the wake of the vaping crisis , but they tend to only work for concentrates.

Lock up your stash

Because gummies are so ubiquitous (and delicious), there’s always the danger of them being eaten by children, pets, or unsuspecting adults of any age. Locking up your kit is critical to avoid introducing cannabinoids to a person who shouldn’t or doesn’t want to take them.

For this purpose, you can buy a fancy box like Tulip or Snugbox , which have various features and functions to protect your stash from youths, animals, or would-be thieves. They offer varying levels of functionality, from odor protection to seals that keep flowers fresh and chewing gums when closed.

Use with caution when away from home

Being careful also means being mindful: while smoking, stay away from windows, doors, and high traffic areas. In general, this is a good practice to keep people away from your business.

Another good tip: ventilate the room before you go inside, as best you can. Perhaps in a park or beach, someone might dodge you if they don’t like your scent, but somewhere, like a movie or a restaurant, you might want to let the terpenes wear off first, as a matter of courtesy. If someone takes offense at you, there’s little they can do legally, but you can resist with some education and advocacy for the plant’s benefits and fragrant elements – or you can do your best to avoid an awkward encounter. A century of stigma and rule confusion can make traveling with cannabis nerve-wracking, but with the right approach, you can use your favorite herb carefully and safely while away from home. There is nothing illegal about smelling weed in a state of law. Although this limits the ability to buy only where you are located, we do not advise breaking the law. Instead, fight the crap by working with federal, state, and local legislators and hopefully this won’t be a problem in the future.