Even though recreational marijuana is legal in both Colorado and California, you can’t board a California-bound airplane at DIA with a pot stash because possession is still a federal crime and air travel is governed by federal authorities.

But the police force at Los Angeles International Airport recently posted a written policy that small amounts of weed may be brought into the airport. As long as people carrying pot don’t come into contact with federal TSA agents, they have nothing to fear. And if they do, the TSA will refer them to the local police, who will turn them loose because they’ve committed no crime under state law.

Since Congress has failed to eliminate the cannabis plant from the Controlled Substances Act – and there’s no indication that it will anytime soon – this is what national cannabis reform looks like. It happens in dribs and drabs – a slow burn, if you will – as government agencies and society at large adapt to a new landscape.

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