DENVER (MyFOXColorado.com) – One pro-marijuana group is calling on the government to allow marijuana in smoking lounges at airports across the country. Cigarette smoking at Denver International Airport and other airports across the country is restricted to smoking lounges. Members of the Denver-based organization Safer Alternative for Enjoyable Recreation (SAFER) will ask the government Tuesday to allow pot in airport smoking lounges.

The group says in a press release that the idea will address the growing number of in-flight problems involving drunk and disorderly passengers. Members claim marijuana is a better alternative to alcohol to help more fliers relax and deal with the anxiety of air travel. Denver voters approved a measure that made possession of one ounce or less of marijuana in the city legal. That happened almost three years ago. It was the first city in the nation to pass such a law.

Possession of marijuana remains illegal under Colorado state law as well as federal law. Denver city attorneys can still use state and federal law to prosecute marijuana possession cases in the city.

If you have ever been in one of those smoking “cages” in an airport, you can imagine what it will be like with a bunch of stoners sharing space with the nicotine addicts. “Hey man, you gonna eat those Doritos?”




  1. confused1 says:

    Man! When you are scrolling down the page and
    just see the top half of the “bong” image
    it looks …. uh …. really odd….

  2. MotaMan says:

    It would be 10 times easier to take advantage of this girl if she had 10 drinks in her versus 100 hits of weed…

  3. Dauragon says:

    What? theres an article? O_O

  4. Billy Bob says:

    She can smoke my bong any day!

  5. fulanoche says:

    I need a roundtrip from MIA to PHL. Gonna check out if there’s a one-stop in DIA.

  6. JimS says:

    If I was on a flight that had a passenger with anxieties about flying, I’d rather they smoke a joint than get drunk. I think the pot smoker would be much less likely to cause in flight problems than an anxious drunk.

  7. ol,waterman says:

    All I am saying is If they can give certian groups footbaths, For religous reasons …

  8. smartalix says:

    I was on an American flight lately from Atlanta to NYC with a too-rare upgrade, and the trip was ruined by a drunk asshole in the front row. The stewardess just kept serving this idiot drinks, and he was noisy and obnoxious the entire flight. I’ve never seen a loud and (blatantly) obnoxious pot-smoker.


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