While I was searching for information for other articles, I stumbled across two fun topics which are loosely related to travel that I thought were interesting: bringing marijuana aboard an airplane; and going topless is now permitted at a classic destination.
Bringing Marijuana Aboard an Airplane; and New Topless Beach Destination
Did you know that you can legally bring marijuana aboard an airplane? That dope is true, according to this joint message which was posted at the official Twitter account of the Transportation Security Administration — but there is one token catch…
We're not in the business of being a buzzkill here, but Mary Jane remains illegal on the federal level. Unless of course it contains 0.3 percent or less of THC. You can puff puff pass more questions onto us, reach out to our best buds at @AskTSA. Available every day, 8AM-6PM ET. pic.twitter.com/IO5EN7OZkM
— TSA (@TSA) December 8, 2022
…any marijuana product which is brought aboard an airplane must contain a maximum limit of only 0.3 percent of THC, which is known by its full name as tetrahydrocannabinol.
“We’re not in the business of being a buzzkill here, but Mary Jane remains illegal on the federal level. Unless of course it contains 0.3 percent or less of THC. You can puff puff pass more questions onto us, reach out to our best buds at @AskTSA. Available every day, 8AM-6PM ET.”
Take that and smoke it.
Speaking of smokin’, any person may now go onto any public beach or private beach in Nantucket without wearing a top garment: “We approve the Town’s vote authorizing any person to go topless on any public or private beach in Nantucket because we discern no conflict between the vote and the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth”, according to this official document from Maura Healey — who is the attorney general of the commonwealth of Massachusetts — dated Tuesday, December 6, 2022. “The Town has the authority to choose what activities it will allow on town beaches, and we must approve any by-law reflecting such choice unless the by-law poses a clear conflict with the Constitution or laws of the Commonwealth, which Article 71 does not.”
Women could have been fined as much as $300.00 under the previous law; and they also faced a penalty of up to three years in prison if caught topless on the island.
Now, they do not have to wear any article of clothing as a top when on a beach in Nantucket — not even an Article 71. The epidermis on the upper part of their bodies can be shown in its full glory all they want now.
Final Boarding Call
This article called Nudity in a Common Area of a Hotel Property: Offensive or Not? here at The Gate With Brian Cohen exposes a more in-depth peek at the bare necessities of being naked.
I believe a bad limerick would be the perfect way to conclude this article.
There once was a law from Nantucket
Which just recently hit the bucket
If the TSA had had their way
And if they had any say
They would take the new law and chuck it.
Photograph ©2016 by Brian Cohen.
