Chicago's airports ask passengers to offload unused cannabis, as state relaxes laws. Photo / DCActivista
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When Marijuana became legal in Illinois on January first, the state's legal weed status was quickly apparent. Chicagoans welcomed in the New Year by becoming the eleventh state to legalise recreational cannabis. Nowhere was the effect more noticeable than in Chicago's airports.
Blue, labelled "Cannabis Amnesty" boxes were unveiled
to help passengers passing between states offload reefer, which remains illegal elsewhere in the country.
Chicago O'Hare International, one of America's busiest airports, and Midway airport put out the boxes to legally dispose of the drug.
The Chicago Police Department told USAToday that they had followed the lead of airports in other states which had already legalised the drug.
"The boxes, placed at the end of every TSA checkpoint at both O'Hare and Midway, were in place once the new cannabis law went into effect on Jan. 1, 2020. The boxes are where travellers can safely dispose of cannabis and cannabis products prior to travel, as they still remain illegal under federal law," said Maggie Huynh, spokesperson for Chicago Police Department.
