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by reaperman 816 days ago
The THC-A exceptions really have not been tested against state laws where weed is still illegal. I understand that THC-A weed is openly sold in a lot of illegal states and enforcement is low. But if local/county/parish officers wanted to test using GCMS instead of LCMS, it would still show that the weed had too much D9-THC.

Maybe people could get this overturned in court in some of those states, but maybe not. I understand that there's some arguments that the federal law supersedes state law due to being on a USDA farm bill or something, but I really, really don't think any of the THC-A stuff has been tested in court.

Even at a purely federal level, I don't think I can just hop on a plane with a pound of THC-A weed and tell the TSA "oh this is just hemp."

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

TSA is supposed to let it through if it's below 0.3 D9-THC

GCMS will detect THCA if derivatized - https://www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/a-brief-review-of-d... - I find it hard to believe that you couldn't get a non-derivatized GCMS thrown out in court when it's known that GCMS will cause THCA to decarboxolate into THC.

I suppose I should stipulate I'm not a lawyer and there are obvious risks to possessing something that looks exactly like an illegal product.