Many people think that weed is undetectable through Airport scanners, and that is right, but there is one way that AirPort security can figure out if you have weed or not.
Unlike other objects, an Airport scanner cannot alert on identifying weeds. Still, you get a detailed image of all the contents inside your luggage, allowing you to inspect carefully to detect weeds.
Depending upon the composition of the materials inside your luggage, the scanner is going to represent the items with different colors: Blue/Black color for hard materials like plastic or metals, green color for non-organic materials, orange color for organic materials, and weed is one of the organic materials.
What Does Weed Look Like on An Airport Scanner?
So, the Weed looks orange in the Airport scanner and but there can be other organic items in your luggage that can look orange, and that is the job of detectives or security staff to investigate closely because the equal representation on the scanner can also be for the explosives made up of glycerin and potassium nitrate.
What do edibles look like on an Airport scanner?
The best part is that edibles look like food items when packaged in a common food item.
So, keep the edibles in simple packaging to control the smell; otherwise, it will be easy to detect the contents.
So, the scanner helps Airport security personnel to capture passengers flying with edibles.
Weed Identification at Airport
When the Airport scanner shows signs of weed, the Airport security staff will search the luggage to confiscate the weed and hand over the person to local authorities; Then, the person will receive penalties according to state laws and airport ordinances.
Do TSA agents care about weed?
You will be surprised to know that the TSA agents do not care about finding weed from the passenger; all they care about is guns and explosive items. But, they do have the authority to catch weed and other forbidden things discovered from you.
Tips for hiding weed
The most common approach people have been using to hide weed from scanners and security staff is to hide extremely small amounts of weed inside the body cavities or edibles.
You may find this surprising that Airport scanners cannot find weed inside human bodies.
Other than that, hiding weed inside the edibles can be another option, but the odor can give away the weed if searched manually.
We also heard rumors about people hiding weed inside shampoo bottles with shampoo in them or inside other small oil, moisturizer, and skin-related bottles.
States for legal weed traveling
The entire USA is not against carrying weed in airports, some states are against it, and some states are perfectly okay with traveling weed, but according to the rules defined by the state law authorities and Airport ordinance.
For example, LAX state allows you to carry only 28.5 grams of marijuana while traveling by air. Still, that rule doesn’t apply in other states and if you got caught with weed possession, get ready to receive penalties for illegal possessions.
For instance, Texas has strict laws against this because the border meets with Mexico, the biggest source of drug transfer and hub of dangerous drugs.
Upcoming Marijuana Detection technologies
The two most popular scanners under development for detecting weed are Terahertz,z, and advanced CT scannewhichners will be able to see and alarm upon identifying weed.
More advanced scanners are using higher frequencies, cutting-edge software technologies, and AI to detect banned things directly without the involvement of Airport search staff.
Can Airport Scanners Detect Pills and other Drugs?
As discussed earlier, airport scanners can only give you visuals of the stuff inside the passenger luggage. Still, the representation of those materials will trigger the staff to study the detailed images for further investigation to catch the suspect with forbidden items, including pills and other drugs like Alcohol.
