CBD Arrests Flying High at Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport
NBC DFW
Scott Friedman and Jack Douglas Jr.
April 25, 2019
At North Texas' busiest airport, the fourth largest in the country, customs officers will detain international travelers, and seize their CBD, if a quick field test shows it to contain even a small trace of THC.
But the lead lawyer for the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, which supports the legalization and growth of the CBD and hemp industries, said no one should be detained for possessing the oil. Attorney Jonathan Miller, who also represents one of the travelers arrested at DFW Airport, said the federal farm bill signed into law last year makes it legal for people to transport CBD products made from hemp. "Federal law is very clear. And when a Customs official pulls someone over for this, he or she is acting in the wrong," Miller said. He said of customs officers: "I am hopeful they can use their resources and their time on things that actually hurt people.”