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Anyone who has ever traveled via commercial airline has likely witnessed an anxious passenger rubbernecking the flight attendants to see if they’re anywhere close to rolling out the drink cart. If you watch them closely, many will have their credit cards firmly gripped long before the captain ever has a chance to turn off the seatbelt sign. It is almost as though the prospect of simply paying for a stiff drink is enough to calm their journeyed nerves. But then again, catching a buzz thousands of feet above Earth has become as much a part of this method of travel as security shakedowns, lost luggage and jet lag. Especially when traveling coach. In fact, alcohol has been a part of the airline scene since before the dawn of the drug war. But this alcoholic amenity hit its fair share of turbulent times. Which brings us to the following question. Will there ever come a day when airlines graduate from selling only booze to also offering marijuana on planes?
Federal Prohibition Prevents High Flights
Although marijuana is legal for medicinal and recreational use in well over half the nation, it still remains an outlaw substance in the eyes of the federal government. Uncle Sam and his dastardly pack of drug-sniffing hounds at the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration consider the cannabis plant an illegal substance. Therefore, it is presently ranked under the Controlled Substances Act as one of the most dangerous drugs in the world. It’s right up there with heroin. This detail is what prevents commercial airlines from even beginning to consider selling cannabis products aboard the 87,000 flights that finagle their way across American