Makes me wonder if airlines will need a policy of employees not accepting gifts.
In summary, authorities are looking for a passenger that gifted gummy bears to the flight crew. It turns out they were laced with cannabis. Luckily the flight crew didn't consume them until after the flight landed.
Remember as kids we were always told to never accept candy from a stranger?
Jeez, I hope they find the passenger that gave them the gummies. What a horrible thing to do. It didn't sound like they were gummy bears, but rather regular gummies. I wonder if they just bought some with the THC and then packaged them differently.
I would imagine that will make some difference in the rules about accepting gifts from passengers, or at least edible gifts.
I would imagine that will make some difference in the rules about accepting gifts from passengers, or at least edible gifts.
If it doesn't, something is wrong
One of my neighbors is a senior flight attendant with Delta
When someone gives her a gift that has a food product to it, she is incredibly gracious. She thanks them for their generosity. And then later on the flight, she comes back and tells them that she tried it and it was wonderful. She’s lying it went in the trashcan. She said some of her coworkers will try stuff, but she will not eat anything, even if it looks sealed and perfectly safe.
@ Allan
Actually, I quite fancy the idea of experiencing an A380 doing a barrel roll or two.
Regards Ron
Love is the light that guides us through the dark. Bad Bunny
If you want to see a REALLY cool gift for airline staff: https://www.youtube.com/shorts/2I7KE1VNTxw
Love is the light that guides us through the dark. Bad Bunny
I got emotional reading this.
I don't believe the account given by the flight crew. If the alleged passenger had given them a pack of THC gummies then the packaging would have made it clear what they were. If they were handed to the crew without any packaging why would anyone eat them? THC gummies cannot be bought in the UK so the assumption would be that the "passenger" travelled to the UK with them in their possession, risking being arrested if found, had them in their possession for the duration of their stay, took them through security which evaded the drug detection only to give them to the flight crew. That's a lot of risk and effort.
Of course, cannabis gummies can be legally purchased in LA including dispensaries close to the airport. I suspect the crew bought the gummies on arrival and found them to be considerably stronger than they anticipated. They then fabricated the account of the generous passenger to avoid losing their job.
Here’s a guide for THC, since a gummy can help with flight anxiety or with sleeping on a plane.
I don't believe the account given by the flight crew. If the alleged passenger had given them a pack of THC gummies then the packaging would have made it clear what they were.
JC, we don't know how they received the THC gummies and what packaging was used. It's very possible that the passenger created new packaging that might have looked safe.
FWIW, I was reading a few other articles about it, and they said it was packaged as gummy bears, so it very easily could have been thought to be just regular gummy bears. I was originally thinking that it looked more like the regular edibles that you find in stores.
At first reading I was sceptical about JC's theory, but it sounded more plausible when I thought about it.
Mardee, modern cannabis gummies look for all the world like regular gummies you'd find in a candy store.
I've never tried them.
Edible cannabis can be a real experience in high doses, and very easy to get there from a pack of modern commercial gummies, like you'd find in LA.
As a travel tip, I'd always recommend inexperienced visitors to Amsterdam steer clear of coffeeshop brownies. It's a real gamble the way it's regulated (i.e. none). It's easy to get a dose that will have you moonwalking like MJ for a day or so. Or get nothing. You can't buy commercial, packaged gummies in Amsterdam as far as I know, but I believe city bylaws allow it in other Dutch cities. They're actually much safer as the dosage in mg is on the bag.
Edible cannabis could be really scary for the inexperienced user at high doses. It's really cruel putting someone through this if they're not expecting it, even if doesn't really cause physical danger, to the sound of mind and body anyway. JC could be on to something though.
Surely they'd know the perp from the seat number and passenger list?
JC, we don't know how they received the THC gummies and what packaging was used. It's very possible that the passenger created new packaging that might have looked safe.
But why would anyone go to the trouble of doing that and doing it well enough that it looked professional not to mention going through airport security with them?
The claim that the gummies weren't in packaging identifying them as cannabis gummies falls apart when you read in another report "After closer inspection, it was determined that these were actually edibles, with the package containing a staggering 300mg of THC". So the gummies were in their original packaging and therefore the crew would have been aware of what they were consuming or how else were they able to ascertain the amount of THC?
Sorry, I'm just not buying it.
THC gummies cannot be bought in the UK
Thanks for the gift idea for the family we are staying with in June.
Bad idea from a legal standpoint brother. Not my idea.
Sorry I had to make a small edit to my previous post.
I think Toby was being tongue in cheek.
I'm not sure he was JC, I'm not sure he was. Just to keep it community guidelines friendly and make sure he's not saying anything daft online on a site which ends up at the top of Google searches regularly. Maybe being a bit over cautious.
Trying to help out! :)
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Gerry, I've seen gummies laced with THC, and many of them do not look like the kind you find mixed in with regular store candy. Many edibles don't have the clear, gelatin-ish look of gummies for kids that you would find in the store. I'm sure there are exceptions but the ones I've seen do not look like store candies. Maybe UK edibles are different?
The claim that the gummies weren't in packaging identifying them as cannabis gummies falls apart when you read in another report "After closer inspection, it was determined that these were actually edibles, with the package containing a staggering 300mg of THC". So the gummies were in their original packaging and therefore the crew would have been aware of what they were consuming or how else were they able to ascertain the amount of THC? Sorry, I'm just not buying it.
JC, there is no indication that they were in any particular kind of packaging. It may have been original packaging or it may have been new packaging that the passenger used. We also don't know the motivation of the passenger. There's a lot of stuff we don't know.
And even if the crew knew that they were gummies laced with THC, I think they would know that you don't eat multiple handfuls of edibles, which is what it sounds like they did. From every indication, they thought they were regular gummy bears. Regardless, the authorities are satisfied that the crew members didn't know they had THC in them, and since they interviewed them and were there, and we weren't, I would defer to their judgment.
Gerry, I've seen gummies laced with THC, and many of them do not look like the kind you find mixed in with regular store candy. Many edibles don't have the clear, gelatin-ish look of gummies for kids that you would find in the store. I'm sure there are exceptions but the ones I've seen do not look like store candies.
I think they could be close enough if one didn't suspect it. Maybe not.
I feel bad for dissecting this incident on here so much to pass the time, but I think there's a good possibility there's more to it than meets the eye.
Maybe UK edibles are different?
I think we have to stress that's there's no "UK edibles" as such. They are illegal in the UK.
It's probably bumping back up to where I'd consider community guidelines to be to say that any gummies in the UK are imported from California or Canada, at great expense. They aren't easy to get unless you're trying reasonably hard and willing to break the law. You need to be pretty enthusiastic about your cannabis products to go to the bother of getting them here, and breaking the law in doing so.
JC, there is no indication that they were in any particular kind of packaging. It may have been original packaging or it may have been new packaging that the passenger used.
For them to know that the gummies contained 300mg of THC "on closer inspection" then it suggests that this information was gleaned from the packaging as I very much doubt that any independent testing on any remaining gummies, if there were any, was conducted.
As for the alleged passenger, what was their motive? When did they hand out the gummies? Was it at the beginning of the flight, when greeted by cabin crew when boarding the flight? In which case the crew would know his seat and therefore identification would be easy or did he hand them when disembarking? If so then he wouldn't be around to witness the impact of his actions which would raise the question of why go through the trouble, planning and risk of bringing edible gummies from the US (I'm making assumptions about his movements), keeping them in his possession and finally giving them to the flight crew on his return flight and not being around to witness the fruits of his labour? Why not gift them to the crew on his flight from the US?
The crew claimed they ate a handful of gummies but this has not been independently verified. They could have simply eaten one as 300mg is an extremely high dosage. Most consumers of cannabis gummies consume doses of between 5mg to 10mg with 10mg being quite high for regular users. The other consideration is whether the 300mg is the total dose of gummies in a pack, so 10 x 30mg or 30 x 10mg which would make more sense as 300mg is such a ridiculously high dose. A lot of cannabis gummies are sold in a pack by the total dose rather than the individual. Again, this information raises questions about the packaging and the knowledge of the dosage and ultimately the knowledge of the product itself.
There are too many unanswered questions and too many holes in this story and the detective in me is not buying it.
