When he searched her bag, he found the gummies, which contain no psychoactive properties and “basically zero” levels of THC, said her Fort Lauderdale-based lawyer, Daren Stabinski. The family had never had any issues before, Van Veldhuizen said, “by the book people” who don’t even drink.Īs Van Veldhuizen went through security, a guard spotted nail clippers in her bag and pulled her aside. Her husband and her two sons had flown with her from Texas to Florida just for the trip. This would have been their ninth cruise with the company, her 14th in total. – A Texas woman was about to board a Carnival cruise ship at PortMiami in August to celebrate her son’s graduation and her own anniversary when she found herself detained because of CBD gummies.Įrin Van Veldhuizen and her family were longtime customers of Carnival, with platinum status and priority boarding, she said.
