{"id":317957,"date":"2023-11-17T16:01:01","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:01:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/?p=317957"},"modified":"2023-11-17T16:01:01","modified_gmt":"2023-11-17T16:01:01","slug":"carnival-cruise-ship-bans-texas-mom-for-life-over-sleep-aid-gummies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/popularindinews.com\/celebrity\/carnival-cruise-ship-bans-texas-mom-for-life-over-sleep-aid-gummies\/","title":{"rendered":"Carnival Cruise Ship Bans Texas Mom for Life Over Sleep Aid Gummies"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Carnival Cruise Line slapped a Texas mom with a lifetime ban from their fleet for taking a pack of CBD sleep aid gummies onboard … and the reasoning is wacky.<\/p>\n
Melinda Van Veldhuizen<\/strong>, a 42-year-old mom of two, claimed cruise employees and the police treated her like a crook after finding the gummies when searching her backpack at PortMiami over the summer.<\/p>\n She told Miami’s ABC News affiliate WPLG that she was immediately taken aside after a staffer found the gummies in her bag … and was interrogated by Carnival security and the police for 2.5 hours before getting blocked from getting on the ship.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The sale and use of hemp-derived CBD products is legal in 47 of 50 States. Florida is one of the states with restrictions … where any product that contains more than 0.3% THC requires a medical marijuana card.<\/p>\n This lady and her fam planned the trip back in August to celebrate her 21st wedding anniversary and her son’s senior year of high school … and her attorney, Daren Stabinski<\/strong>, told WaPo<\/strong> the family had splashed out roughly $5,586 on their planned vacation.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n What’s more, after she was banned from going on the cruise, she received a letter from Carnival informing her that she was banned from all Carnival ships for life — with Captain Rocco Lubrano<\/strong> writing she would “not be permitted to sail onboard any Carnival Cruise Lines vessel in the future.”<\/p>\n Melinda, who had taken over a dozen Carnival cruises, is pursuing an internal claim with Carnival … but has threatened to sue if it isn’t resolved “appropriately.” One thing’s for sure … she’ll put the matter to bed once and for all.<\/p>\n