Weed to Get Higher: Airline Passengers Can Now Carry Marijuana on Oregon Flights

People travelling on airplanes within Oregon now have permission to carry a small amount of marijuana following the recreational marijuana law which was brought into effect by the state on July 1.

People passing through Portland International Airport, Oregon's biggest airport have to no longer worry about being dragged and hauled away from the line for conducting official security checks.

In an interview to Fox News, the TSA said that its main focus was to maintain aviation security and not to stop adults who follow the state's law of being allowed to carry 1 ounce of pot.

If a traveller is seen to be carrying marijuana, the security agents will inform the airport officials so that they can check if passenger is of legal age and whether he would be travelling within the state.

Those travelling outside the state have to leave their pot at home since it is still considered a federal offence in other states.

"I don't care if they got it in their pocket. I could care less as long as they can't smoke it in the airport, you can't smoke it in the airplane. So depends if wherever they're going if it's legal, that's fine with me," Arnold Lucht told Fox 12.

"I'm not anti-marijuana, but I'm pro-hairspray. I would really like to have some hairspray or some shampoo. What's shampoo going to do to somebody? Why can't I take my shampoo on a plane? I think it's a little lopsided. Silly, it's actually silly," said Verena Douglas, who moved to Oregon from Colorado.