u/SensitiveOrdinary574

The TSA just updated its medical marijuana policy to allow weed on both checked and carry on baggage. Wheeeeee.

EDIT:

Here's the new policy text:

TSA’s screening procedures are focused on security and are designed to detect potential threats to aviation and passengers. Accordingly, TSA security officers do not search for illegal drugs, but if any illegal substance or evidence of criminal activity is discovered during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer.

https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/medical-marijuana

Here's the older version:

Possession of marijuana and certain cannabis infused products, including some Cannabidiol (CBD) oil, remain illegal under federal law. TSA officers are required to report any suspected violations of law, including possession of marijuana and certain cannabis infused products.

Products/medications that contain hemp-derived CBD or are approved by the FDA are legal as long as it is produced within the regulations defined by the law under the Agriculture Improvement Act 2018.

TSA’s screening procedures are focused on security and are designed to detect potential threats to aviation and passengers. Accordingly, TSA security officers do not search for marijuana or other illegal drugs, but if any illegal substance is discovered during security screening, TSA will refer the matter to a law enforcement officer.

https://web.archive.org/web/20190526160254/https://www.tsa.gov/travel/security-screening/whatcanibring/items/medical-marijuana

Maybe it's just me, but it seems like they softened the language considerably.

Every week somebody posts about declining quality at a restaurant and/or chain. Inevitably somebody claims the problem is private equity, cutting corners to boost profits.

It's not private equity. The little Chinese place close to where I live isn't owned by private equity. The last time I got beef with broccoli to go I got five pieces of beef and a mountain of broccoli in one of those cardboard containers.

Talk to any restaurant owner in Denver and they'll tell you the problems come down to:

Increased rent
Increased costs for ingredients
Increased wages
Permitting/regulatory issues

"Private equity" is a red herring, a comfortable fiction sold by people for whom the truth is ideologically unacceptable. If anything, private equity is a response to terrible ground conditions as restaurants fold and sell out.

I don't blame that Chinese restaurant for cutting costs. What's their alternative? Closing the business? The sad thing is that they could easily still end up in bankruptcy as cost cutting leads to decreased sale and then back to more cost cutting in a vicious circle. They're out of business and the public loses a place that used to sell decent Chinese food. Who's the winner here?

Good news Colorado - you can now fly with weed