# So I know this guy.... **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 21, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539 "2003-05-21T13:00:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/1 "2003-05-21T13:00:51Z")
Quick question… sooo…I know this guy…who stored some marijuana in his Laptop bag. He is about to fly to Florida, and woud like to bring his Laptop with him…Pot free of course… Should he worry about this sort of a thing… He does not fly that often so he doesn’t know anything about airport security… and I am sure they are more worried about bombs and such… Is a Normal clearing out the bag good enough? or through it in the washer or something?? ---
**Author:** ![Phlosphr](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c68b51/32.png) [@Phlosphr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Phlosphr)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/2 "2003-05-21T13:13:11Z")
Clear it and hand-wash it, he’ll be fine. I don’t think they swab for pot. Make sure to double check with an unbiased party and see that it doesn’t smell. ---
**Author:** ![roadrunner70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e19b73/32.png) [@roadrunner70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/roadrunner70)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/3 "2003-05-21T13:19:52Z")
So what is your bag, I mean, your _friends_ bag made out of? 😉 I’d give it a good cleaning, and then spray it with some Febreze, just in case. Miami prolly has some pretty keen dogs running around there. ---
**Author:** ![merge](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9f8e36/32.png) [@merge](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/merge)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/4 "2003-05-21T13:27:45Z")
His bag is Nylon… and hee HATES the smell of febreze… but smelling bad is still better than being detained I guess… ---
**Author:** ![Kalhoun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/3bc359/32.png) [@Kalhoun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kalhoun)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 1:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/5 "2003-05-21T13:40:55Z")
I suggest springing for a new bag that will be used solely for travel. Then your friend can use all that extra space in the old bag for bigger stashes of the you-know-what. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 2:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/6 "2003-05-21T14:35:09Z")
I asked my wife, a former guard-dog trainer, for her input, and this was what she said: > [@](#): > > Handwashing, particularly with something that takes off oil is helpful. If the bag is plastic, that should work. For fabric bags, I am not so sure. > > Dogs are sensitive enough to find traces after months outdoors - so what you want is to get below the normal environmental background level. There are always traces of drugs on paper money. > > Dogs are being used to find explosives now more than drugs. > > It is my experience that it is cats who will really react to the bag. > > A different sort of caution - if [your friend is] twitchy enough to write a note, then [your friend] would probably still be nervous trying to look calm going through security. That will have [your friend] targeted. Leave anything behind that has [your friend] being nervous. This country is paranoid enough to dump civil rights, don’t have a reason to be nervous. ---
**Author:** ![Arfur](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/57b2e6/32.png) [@Arfur](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arfur)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2003, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/so-i-know-this-guy/176539/7 "2003-05-21T15:03:35Z")
Take a different bag.