A lot of people around me tend to parrot that a lot of the safety measures are not for explosives detection, but for drug trafficking prevention. I've always disagreed because nobody ever presented any evidence to it, and the measures in place do come from explosive detection (unless they have metal drugs now idk). But I've wondered whether there is some truth to it.

[–] You999@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

TSA literally says on their own website that they are not looking for drugs and will only report it to the police if it's blatant.

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.

-source

[–] pingveno@lemmy.ml 3 points 3 months ago

Translation: Not our circus, not our monkeys.

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