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An airport in Colorado has introduced cannabis amnesty boxes in which departing passengers can dump their drugs before leaving the state.

Colorado Springs Airport set up the drop boxes weeks after the state became the first in the United States to legalise sales of cannabis to the general public for personal use.

The drug cannot be legally taken out of Colorado and is still prohibited at the state's airports.

Officials have been encouraging users to dispose of their cannabis before reaching the airport, or to leave it in their parked cars for their return.
However, some users have been unaware of the rules and found themselves in possession of the drug shortly before boarding flights.

If it is found during the airport screening process then police are called and those in possession face a fine.

Colorado Springs police chief Pete Carey said the amnesty boxes would allow people to dispose of their cannabis without a penalty, rather than having to go outside the airport and missing their flight. The drugs left in the boxes will be destroyed.

Once passengers board their flight they are subject to federal rather than Colorado law and can be arrested and jailed if found in possession of the drug.

Colorado's biggest airport, Denver International Airport, has banned the drug from its premises.

Eagle County Airport is also considering amnesty boxes. An airport spokesman told NBC News: “What we don’t want is them throwing it in the trash can. Then you have other people digging through the garbage."

Puts a whole new meaning to "Dumpster Diving"..

i KNOW, I was just thinking that when they said that the cannabis would be destroyed, I was like "Yeah right in their pipes...lol.."

Think ya can just grab a bag when ya land outta the box??

i was thinking hold a sign above a box a few afternoons a month..