The single most consequential mistake in cannabis travel is assuming that a lawful purchase stays lawful across a border. It does not, in either direction, under any circumstances.
Airports concentrate the most sophisticated detection capability any country operates, and customs officers generally hold broader search powers than police do on the street. Receipts and legal packaging from a regulated market are not a defence; in practice they are evidence.
Land borders are no safer. Regions with permissive neighbours run targeted checks precisely because the crossing is predictable, and vehicle searches are routine.
The rule that regulated markets themselves publish is the right one: what you buy stays where you bought it. Consume it or leave it behind. Nothing about a short trip justifies the alternative.
The same logic covers post and courier. Cannabis in the mail is trafficking in most legal systems, and the sender is the easiest person in the chain to identify.
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