Anyone have experience or knowledge how TSA & international departures treat THC gummies, like Delta9, in carry-on bags? Before everyone freaks out, these are legal in the US, sold & shipped via USPS, used by many as a sleep aid. Asking for a friend who is heading to Costa Rica soon.

I'd put them all into an empty Emergen-C bottle and cruise on thru. Life is too short to go without THC.

I'm halfway kidding. I'm sure that idea would work, but like others have said, why risk it? Just pack some Zzzquil and have less than 100% sleep for the trip.

So, friend combined his normal vitamin routine & sleep routine in 1 container, reporfed no problems whatsoever.

Burn-It said:

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So, friend combined his normal vitamin routine & sleep routine in 1 container, reporfed no problems whatsoever.

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I'd be more worried about the trip back home. It's the outbound drugs that they pay more attention to down there.

This is very easy to do in Singapore.

Good way to catch a cane to the back

DannyDuberstein said:

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In theory by law, 0.3% or less should be ok. That said, I would advise keeping them in original packaging (preferably unopened) and not bringing any back. If you try to creatively conceal them and they get discovered, think they are gonna buy that they are 0.3% or less? Or might they believe you are bringing in something stronger and illegal? Risky.

In reality, there is always the chance you run into an unreasonable authority and get screwed regardless. In general, I think traveling with this stuff and putting yourself at the mercy of random law enforcement in foreign countries is an unnecessary risk. The vast majority of the time, it's probably fine (hence you'll see anecdotes of people who did similar with no issue), but the chance you become an exception can really **** things up royally for you.

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this is good advice. My previous comment was strictly about TSA, b/c they do not care at all. But I wouldn't risk it going international. If you do, you are probably fine on the outboud flight since it'd be TSA checking, but I sure wouldn't try to bring anything back. That said, even on the outbound, you could be fine for the flight and even getting your luggage, but no clue what security protocols they will have in place before you can get out of the airport.

Outbound you are still potentially subject to a full search when you go thru their immigration. If traveling by yourself on your itinerary, you have a greater chance to be searched. They don't tend to hassle families, etc as much, but adults traveling solo to/from these countries stand a greater chance of getting selected for that fun "let's go thru your whole bag" attention. And trust me, they have seen people try every way to bring this stuff in a million times. Just tossing them in with some vitamins or whatever, you're at their mercy of whether they want to hassle you. They aren't stupid; they've seen it all.

Weed in small amounts is legal down there. Just by locally.

A friend arrived in Cayman Islands with the type of gummies you described. Their bag was randomly searched. They were detained for six hours with passport seized. One released without their passport they had to retain a local attorney. In the end they missed two days of vacation, paid $4k between lawyer and fine, and ate money on a scuba excursion they missed dealing with the whole thing.

Burn-It said:

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Anyone have experience or knowledge how TSA & international departures treat THC gummies, like Delta9, in carry-on bags? Before everyone freaks out, these are legal in the US, sold & shipped via USPS, used by many as a sleep aid. Asking for a friend who is heading to Costa Rica soon.

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This sounds extremely high risk, regardless whether the gummies are sold legally in the US or not. You're proposing smuggling in a controlled substance to a foreign country. Did anyone learn anything from the Bart Giner fiasco? If your home boy is hard up for pot, just tell him to hit up the local surf shop.

Buy locally from a legal outlet.

If they are in your luggage and you get randomly searched, they will likely test them using a quick kit to see if they have THC or other substances in them. Their test kit may or may not distinguish between variants of THC that are legal here versus legal wherever you are going. If it does not distinguish and it pops positive, at the very least you are getting a fine, and depending on where you are you may be going to jail and will need a lawyer to defend yourself.

You can buy weed anywhere quite easily.

Don't travel with it.


ETA: I don't do weed/THC but know someone that does and travels a lot.

I think it's funny that so many think there is an equivalency between "weed" and (rest/sleep-aid) THC gummies. Huge difference both substantively and legally.

There's a difference, but the post two above yours sums it up perfectly. I would not recommend putting yourself at the mercy of a customs officer in a third-world country. You can argue about the difference in legalities between weed and THC sleep aids, but you might be doing it from a jail cell while your family is working with the US Embassy and paying $$$$$ to attorneys to try to get you out.

Burn-It said:

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I think it's funny that so many think there is an equivalency between "weed" and (rest/sleep-aid) THC gummies. Huge difference both substantively and legally.

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Username checks out...

The 'quick' tests that are commonly used to detect these substances are not discriminate of "sleep aid" vs traditional cannabis, nor their commonly consumed concentrations. Concentration only becomes relevant when there isn't enough to trigger the indicator to fail the test, which wouldn't be applicable in his case. Source - my friend who sells test kits all over the US, Canada, and Mexico to LEO, DoT, Military, and DHS. If you fail, you will be begging, bribing, or hooked and booked depending on the officer and where you are. Seems antithetical to a relaxing trip IMO. Buy it from the guy on the beach with the dreads.

Burn-It said:

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I think it's funny that so many think there is an equivalency between "weed" and (rest/sleep-aid) THC gummies. Huge difference both substantively and legally.

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Brah, they both get you high.

fire09 said:

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The 'quick' tests that are commonly used to detect these substances are not discriminate of "sleep aid" vs traditional cannabis, nor their commonly consumed concentrations. Concentration only becomes relevant when there isn't enough to trigger the indicator to fail the test, which wouldn't be applicable in his case. Source - my friend who sells test kits all over the US, Canada, and Mexico to LEO, DoT, Military, and DHS. If you fail, you will be begging, bribing, or hooked and booked depending on the officer and where you are. Seems antithetical to a relaxing trip IMO. Buy it from the guy on the beach with the dreads.

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Hell, I got offered weed just outside of the area where the Leaning Tower of Pisa is, back in December...


If you want it, you can find it

txags92 said:

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Burn-It said:

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I think it's funny that so many think there is an equivalency between "weed" and (rest/sleep-aid) THC gummies. Huge difference both substantively and legally.

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I think it is funny when people come to Texags and ask for advice about an international travel issue and then insult the intelligence of the people responding when they don't like the common answer given by many experienced international travelers.

Nobody answering you is ignorant of the difference sport. We are telling you that the substantive and legal difference in how they are treated in the US may not matter at all to some latin american border inspector when he finds them in your luggage. If you are so certain they are legal to import into Costa Rica and there is no issue with possessing them then why did you ask the question in the first place?

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You should look at my original post. I was not asking for advice. I asked if anyone had actual KNOWLEDGE or EXPERIENCE with this issue. I appreciate the unsolicited advice, agree with alot of it, but that's not the premise of the OP. No advice or opinions were requested, just asked for factual knowledge &/or actual experience. I appreciate the 2-3 replies from those with actual experience.

My secondary post was in response to several replies that essentially assumed weed was the equivalent to medicinal gummies. There is no equivalency between weed & medicinal gummies. If my friend was looking for knowledge / experience with smoking weed while in CR, that is a completely different scenario, and obvious no carry-on for any flight. Maybe try to read the OP a little more carefully before showing your ass.

Duberstein? Username makes sense now.