Texas Woman Receives Lifetime Ban from Carnival Cruises After Bringing CBD Gummies Onboard

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Texas Woman Receives Lifetime Ban from Carnival Cruises After Bringing CBD Gummies Onboard

"The captain asked me several times if I had a marijuana card or if I had a diagnosis. I said, ‘It’s CBD; that doesn’t exist. It’s just not a thing,' " Melinda Van Veldhuizen said

By Kimberlee Speakman
Published on November 18, 2023 07:47PM EST

A Texas woman received a lifetime ban on Carnival Cruise Line after CBD gummies were found in her luggage during boarding.

Melinda Van Veldhuizen, a 42-year-old nurse practitioner and chiropractor from Dallas, Texas, was planning to celebrate her 21st wedding anniversary and her son’s senior year in high school on Carnival’s Horizon Cruise in August, but things did not go as planned, she told local Miami news station WPLG.

Van Veldhuizen, a frequent cruise passenger, had been trying to get through security at the Port of Miami in August when she was stopped by agents after X-rays detected nail clippers in her suitcase, according to The Washington Post. While searching her bag, agents found CBD gummies and pulled her aside, per the outlet.

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A Carnival spokesperson told WPLG in a statement: “We are very sorry this guest and her family are unhappy with the outcome of their vacation plans, but we are following federal law under which CBD is defined as a controlled substance.”

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