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Now that medical marijuana is legal in the majority of states in the United States, and marijuana is also legal in about 20 states, cannabis is becoming much more accessible to the majority of people in our country. However, it is important to keep in mind that cannabis is still not legal in a few states across the nation. Also, the disparity between what is legal and what is not is quite large, depending on where you travel to.

What this means is that you are not necessarily protected from the law in every state of our country simply because you have a medical marijuana card in your home state. For instance, I am used to weed being legal where I live in Michigan. When planning a spring break trip with my friends, we had to keep in mind that not every state we go to will allow weed in the same way as Michigan.

We considered going to Nashville, but Tennessee has not yet legalized marijuana. We ended up going to Maine since weed has been legal there for quite some time. And let me tell you, we definitely visited some local dispensaries in Portland while we were there and had a grand old time. Why do I say all this? Well, it is because traveling with weed can be a bit complicated. Medical marijuana users can get into some trouble if they are not careful to adhere to the laws and policies of the state they are visiting, or even passing through. Just because you are a medical marijuana card holder in your home state does not mean that you can have marijuana in other parts of the country as well. So today, I wanted to talk about things that you need to know about when traveling with marijuana.

The first thing that you need to keep in mind about traveling with marijuana out of state is how much you can buy or possess. Maybe you arrive at a state that has legalized weed, and you see that they are having an awesome sale on one of your favorite strains. Might as well stock up right? Since it doesn’t matter how much weed you have? Well, it technically does. This is actually one of the most common ways that medical marijuana users can get into trouble. Each state has a specific weight restriction on the amount of THC that one person may have at any given time, and you want to make sure that you do not have more than what is allotted to you in that particular state. Also, let’s say that you are on your way to a state like Maine that has legalized l weed. 

However, you end up passing through Ohio (my least favorite state), which has not yet legalized weed. You get pulled over for speeding, and a cop happens to smell a pungent weed aroma from your car. He asks you if you have any marijuana in the car, and you say yes. Now you have just landed yourself in a whole lot of trouble. This can be one of the problems that marijuana users run into when traveling with weed in the car. My advice is to not have weed in the car when you are traveling. Instead, wait until you get to your destination and pick some up there. 

Another thing to keep in mind when traveling with medical marijuana is the potency of your marijuana. Some states that have legalized adult use for marijuana have also begun to set THC potency caps on products and strains sold at dispensaries. If you roll up into Colorado, a state with a 15% potency cap, with your 65% THC concentrate, you could land yourself in a bit of trouble if you are caught.