Trips often have a souvenir moment: a bottle of local wine, a jar of regional honey, a piece of art that barely fits in the suitcase but absolutely has to come home. Now add a licensed dispensary to the itinerary, where the local specialty is a jar of small-batch flower or a box of craft edibles, and the souvenir logic collapses somewhere around airport security.
Welcome to the strangest category of travel shopping. Legal cannabis souvenirs can be purchased openly, with a valid ID and a receipt to prove it, yet they can’t legally cross a state line, let alone an international border.
