Police say L.A. man smoked pot on Jet Blue flight
The power of the medical marijuana card does not extend to the skies, apparently.
That’s what Adam Blumenkranz discovered when he reportedly lighted a marijuana pipe on a Jet Blue flight from LAX to Newark, New Jersey.
Blumenkranz, 43, of Los Angeles, reportedly ducked into a lavatory before lighting the pipe, authorities said.
Police met Blumenkranz at a terminal gate in New Jersey after the flight landed, and he was taken into custody.
He is charged with possession of a controlled dangerous substance and drug paraphernalia, authorities said.
Blumenkranz told police that he did not believe he had done anything wrong because he has a California medical marijuana card. Smoking – tobacco or otherwise – has been banned on any U.S.-based flight since 1990.
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