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  The ATSA established the TSA to generally ensure transportation security. There is nothing in the Act or in the TSA's own mission statement that says they are specifically looking for weapons. 
  Would a bunch of fent have been a threat to this flight? Probably not.  But the TSA has broad responsibilities, so to say they are there to catch weapons is not correct.
context: I want to know how much these mules get paid.  Shits a dangerous game. >
  
  Not enough to ruin your life over. >
  
  Money is tighter than it has ever been and people are becoming increasingly desperate to make it. A lot of times these mules will be promised that their families will be taken care of if they end up in prison. The article says this has a maximum punishment of 20 years. If this is a first offense for her, with a good lawyer and a tear jerk sob story about needing money she could very easily end up with less than 10 years and get out in 5 for good behavior. >
  
  How would someone even get in contact with the cartel? She must've known them prior to this to trust her with 3 pounds, not sure how much the value is either. >
  
  I once watched a fascinating documentary about a schoolteacher in New Mexico who was diagnosed with cancer and needed to raise money for his treatment. I won't ruin it for everyone, but eventually the cartel did become involved. >
  
  I hope they had a good lawyer >
  
  Of course they did, bitch! >
  
  Considering how often this has happened in the past, I'm surprised they don't have any additional procedures to look for flight attendant mules. >
  
  They have procedures for international flights. They aren't always used but they are a lot more common than domestic flights.
  This was a domestic flight. With a little patience the drug smugglers could have just UPSed the drugs from Dallas to Boston instead. Those packages are not very well checked, especially during the Christmas rush.
  Or just driven them. Then no checks at all. >
  
  Agreed, it's incredibly easy to mail drugs provided you take a few basic precautions. And as you said, provided you got a clean license/title and aren't a complete dumbass, driving works fine. >
  
  I got a sheet of LSD in the mail from Denmark and it was put in a card sleeve with a baseball card in there as well. Then it was put in one of those fancy card plastic seal things. I laughed so hard and gave the guy 5 stars for packaging on the now defunct website I got it on.
  Can you guys stop upvoting this please? My FBI agent has already texted me about it. He doesn’t believe I made it all up. >
  
  I got them in the insert cover for a CD titled 30 best country hits. Listened to the CD and it was literally the worst country I’d ever heard, I laughed so hard >
  
  I bought marijuana seeds from a company in the Netherlands and they did the same exact thing haha >
  
  Mine came in an empty, all-black CD case >
  
  Mine came within a DVD case of the 1982 television series ‘Square Pegs’ portraying SJP as a high-school nerd. >
  
  This thread is a FBI psyop to get people to disclose their drug deliveries >
  
  Well at least it made the ‘Square Pegs’ viewing experience more bearable. >
  
  I mean it's already in the US, the hard part is done, why risk it flying ?! >
  
  It wouldn't be Christmas morning unless you're conked out of your mind >
  
  I mean, that always works for me >
  
  Jackie Brown is back in town. >
  
  Legit just watched this for the first time last night! Pam Grier just energizes the film with her performance >
  
  Robert Forster too, he was awesome >
  
  RIP, loved him in Jackie brown and breaking bad. >
  
  Those crafty cartels are great at convincing people to do dumb shit >
  
  With money on the table, there's usually someone who will take it without thinking through the risks very well. >
  
  Or just cuz it's money and most people who work in airports are paid like shit. Bills to pay and mouths to feed in a "do what you gotta do" culture lead to unsafe behaviors. >
  
  Late stage capitalism >
  
  Drug trafficking, and smuggling in general, are not exactly new. >
  
  I think their argument is there is only drug use in capitalist societies? Which is some take >
  
  The DEA lists the lethal dose, on average, to be 2mg. For reference 3lbs is 1.36078 kg. In terms of milligrams to milligrams, 1.36078 kilograms is 1360.78 grams, or 1360780 milligrams.  Then 1360780mg / 2mg / dose = 680390 lethal doses.
  Bolded for tldr maths. >
  
  It's also a time to remember that fentynal also CANNOT be absorbed through skin (acid can tho) and suddenly a few of those officer overdoses become suspect (others had panic attacks because of dirty cops claiming they just touched it)
  Edit; to be clear I'm saying some cops took the fenty and then OD'd their dipshit partners spread the rumors that touching it will cause an OD and now everyone is scares shitless. >
  
  LSD can't be absorbed through the skin either. That's a weirdly persistent myth >
  
  I don't know who to believe: Dr Albert Hoffman, the discoverer of LSD and legendary chemist, or r/nickcash, an anonymous internet user. >
  
  These aren't discrediting the credible source provided by others. I'm here for debate and discussion, so I'm just letting you know that these sources won't help you defend your position.
  You're taking a counter stance to what people claim is fact, and you claim is apocrypha. You actually need to find sources where well credited sources change their mind after finding new information.
  I don't say this because i think you're wrong, just that people won't think you're right if you are based on these sources. >
  
  Screw other peoples claims, test it out for yourself..  Put 10 drops of LSD on your hand and see what happens.. >
  
  I mean, people handle tabs all the time. >
  
  Tabs arent liquid, so you may still absorb some with sweat, but it might be more akin to a micro dose, especially when you take time of exposure/rate of transfer into account >
  
  A friend of mine was at an outdoor Summer wedding and the bride offered her a tab of acid. She had never done acid and didn't want to tell the bride no so she stuck it in her armpit/under boob area like a weirdo then went dancing. She then began tripping haha. But yeah maybe closer to microdosing. >
  
  The TSA is taking over the crew security portal next year and this is a big part of why. That and dipshits trying to take their guns to work. >
  
  It's been a shit show lately. Not only the stuff you mentioned, but some dude was trafficking weapons through KCM. >
  
  What's the world coming to?  I mean,  drug smuggling used to be our one use for the metric system. >
  
  Not that random internet people need my advice, but PLEASE be careful around drugs that can be laced with this shit. Someone really important to me almost died from taking even slightly SOME fenty and I was the one who found them and got them to the hospital. Shit isn’t a joke. Test things if you do indulge. >
  
  I know two coke users who are like the 80s fantasy of well-off drug users. I suggested they test and they just kinda blew it off. Sometimes I wonder if they’ll randomly die. It’s not fun. >
  
  Fuck this cuntbag. She ruined KCM for all the flight crews. >
  
  What's KCM >
  
  From the article "Prosecutors said White tried to use the Known Crew Member queue, which has less-rigid security protocols, to board, but was selected for the regular passenger screening process instead." >
  
  So she would have gotten away with it if not for random selection? This is the first time I've ever heard of the TSA actually succeeding in preventing harm. >
  
  TSA is designed to catch weapons,  nor enforce drug laws.   So they just screwed up in a helpful manner.