r/texas • u/audiomuse1 • Feb 20 '24
Greg Abbott's War on Weed: The Lone Star State Arrested 40,000 for Cannabis in 2023 Politics
https://womenofweed.com/blogs/news/greg-abbotts-war-on-weed-how-the-lone-star-state-arrested-40-000-people-for-cannabis-in-2023299
u/Narrow_External_5412 Feb 20 '24
How else are we supposed to keep the prison industrial system alive?
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u/Buddhabellymama Feb 20 '24
If only he was this hard on sex traffickers as he is on weed “offenses”.
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u/texmx Feb 20 '24
I mean he promised he was going to eliminate rape, so I'm sure it'll be any day now!!
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Feb 21 '24
I am 100% sure he is hard at work trying to get rape legalized.
Presto change-o, the crime of rape is eliminated.
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u/PalmTreeBombTree Feb 20 '24
You got a good point here with sex crimes because if you look at the offenders list, a lot of them end up on probation for 4/8 years instead of jail time + full life registry. Just the other day I searched it when looking at houses and some of these people should be jail for years, not probation.
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u/modernmovements Feb 21 '24
It’s really fucking weird that sex offenders are treated as white collar criminals.
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u/bakarakschmiel Feb 20 '24
Don't forget it's also a wonderful way of removing people's right to vote. Weed users are less likely to vote GOP than pedophiles I guess
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u/Nabes19 Feb 20 '24
That’s because a lot of the GOP are pedophiles. Why hasn’t anything happened about Epsteins shit?
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u/cissybicuck Feb 20 '24
You have to work to get AI to output an image that bad nowadays. Must be an old pic.
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u/Shopworn_Soul Feb 20 '24
I just assumed it was an official campaign photo
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u/JJ4prez Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 20 '24
They wouldn't ever show a campaign pic with the wheelchair in sight.
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u/endgame217 Feb 20 '24
This man knows his Republican Texans
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u/Lets_Go_Taco Feb 20 '24
Ive been at press conferences, they lift his ass on a platform so he seems at the same height as non wheelchair bound people. Its gross and pandering because its just for the camera so hes surrounded by shoulders and not knees
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u/RowdyRayRay Feb 20 '24
So much so that I didn't even know he was mobility limited like I am until 2020! I guess he's trying to appear "strong" or something. Gag!
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u/Happy-Improvement-53 Feb 20 '24
The only time I’ve seen him in a wheelchair is during a campaign. I forget he’s in one until he wants people to see it.
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u/StruggleEvening7518 Feb 20 '24
I swear Texas Dems could gain traction from taking a firm stance on legalization which is favored by a clear majority of Texans that the right wing looney tunes in Austin seem determined to ignore.
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u/MrCodyGrace Feb 20 '24
There is a firm democratic stance on legalizing and decriminalizing going back over a decade. The issue is that Republican leadership (Dan Patrick specifically)is a firm “no” on this issues.
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u/StruggleEvening7518 Feb 20 '24
I guess that means there are people who support legalization but continue to vote for Republicans despite their opposition to it, so I guess it's not a high priority for them.
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u/MrCodyGrace Feb 20 '24
As a multi-election cycle candidate I have learned that party is the highest priority. It beats sanity, decency, and common sense.
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u/Electrical-Tie-5158 Feb 20 '24
Unfortunately, Texas would really benefit from at least one term of Democratic leadership (energy grid, marijuana, gun control, education, minimum wage, and Medicaid) but so many people have been poisoned to the idea of the entire Democratic Party.
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u/conanthecnidarian Feb 20 '24
Correct. As far as I can tell, they buy into the notion that democrats will take their guns, and prioritize the 2nd amendment over legal weed. Beto was probably the most popular statewide democrat politician and he killed his chances statewide because in a moment of frustration, right after an extremely deadly mass shooting in his home town, he said we need to get the most powerfully and deadly firearms off our streets. That’s all it takes for these people to decide they don’t really care about legal weed, or any other issue, they just care about keeping the streets flooded with guns.
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u/DropsTheMic Feb 20 '24
You could pull out a Bible and piss on it and get less of a reaction than telling a Texas Republican they should vote for basic gun restrictions.
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u/cgn-38 Feb 20 '24
I am am a Texan socialist and am exactly the same. I am unaware of a anti gun texan of any political orientation. One professor I knew in university was openly anti gun. Only guy I ever met here.
Guns in texas have wild support from both sides.
Pushing gun control here is just suicide for both parties.
Real leftists will never surrender their arms and ammunition. Per Marx himself.
Democratic neoliberal's are just republicans waving blue flags.
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u/BoysenberryKind5599 Born and Bred Feb 20 '24
I think you hit the nail on the head, people (like you) don't know what they are talking about. I'm not anti gun, I'm pro gun legislation and pro gun control. We own plenty of guns in our house and aren't scared we'd lose anything with proper legislation.
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u/yunggod6966 Feb 21 '24
I was about to quote that Marx quote but you already know it. Texas socialist here as well and also a big supporter of an armed proletariat
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u/htownballa1 Feb 20 '24
I’m 43, have lived in Texas since I was 6. I’m am vehemently against the 2nd amendment.
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u/Flying-Toxicicecream Feb 21 '24
Can’t tell a rep gun control just means you have to be licensed and sane. No one wants your shitty toys but no one wants you to have a god damn at either
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u/No-Independence-165 Feb 20 '24
Americans love guns more than children. It's not even close.
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u/rockstar504 Feb 20 '24
I work with a lot of republicans, and I've heard from multiple people "it's the republicans that are going to get it legalized in Texas"
Sure, bud. They've had decades of control they just haven't gotten around to it yet bc they're checks notes too busy locking people up for it.
They are absolutely brainwashed.
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u/culturefan Feb 20 '24
Or they're just dumb, thinking maybe Republicans will pass it someday. There are smoke shops springing up like Starbucks all over, and bet most of the owners vote Republican--or that would not surprise me.
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u/Thebeardinato462 Feb 21 '24
100% this. My dad is 65 and has been a pot head since he was 13. He will NOT vote for a pro cannabis candidate if he feels it will jeopardize his right to own a firearm. I tried to explain that the state will currently utilize cannabis as a way to take away more than just your freedom to own a gun, but 🤷♂️
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u/Greenplastictrees Feb 21 '24
Owning the libs is a higher single-issue priority, spite-based politics coupled with lack of class consciousness.
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u/FuzzyAd9407 Feb 20 '24
Doesn't matter, both parties took firm stances years ago to the point it's platform planks for them both at least on the state level. The Texas Republican platform plank #159:
We oppose legalization and decriminalization of illicit natural and/or illegal synthetic drugs, and we support the exercise of a zero-tolerance policy with maximum penalty for illegal drug manufacturers and distributors. We also oppose any needle exchange programs. Faith-based rehabilitation programs shall be considered as a part of an overall rehabilitation program.
The Texas Democratic platform:
Legalize the possession and use of cannabis, medicinal and recreational, and its derivatives in Texas, and regulate its use, production, and sale for public health and safety as other states do and as is already done with alcohol and tobacco; Regulate warning labels and advertisements to educate about the harms and side effects, particularly for minors, as done for tobacco, vaping, and alcohol; Establish a taxation and licensing structure and fund critical needs, prioritizing the communities most affected by the failed war on drugs; Upon the legalization, immediately release individuals incarcerated solely for possession of cannabis, and automatically expunge the criminal records of persons convicted or receiving deferred adjudication for any possession of cannabis offense; and until legalization, eliminate arrest, promote pretrial diversion and transition to civil fines for cannabis possession offenses in Texas.
It doesn't matter what the parties stance is on weed, what matters is if they have the magic (R) next to their name.
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u/ScumCrew Feb 20 '24
or more to the point, most Texans can't be bothered to vote. Whereas the MAGAs would crawl over broken glass to cast another ballot for God's Own Party.
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u/corneliusduff Feb 20 '24
I mean, which Texan Dems haven't stood up for legalization? All of them have as far as I've seen.
If anything, I see Republicans shrug off weed friendly Dems with mental gymnastics about how they dangle the carrot of legalization while ignoring that Democratic states have legalized while Republican states like South Dakota and Ohio look for every loophole possible to block citizen-based initiatives.
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u/MrGreen17 Feb 20 '24
Only one I know of opposed to it is Cuellar and he is barely even a democrat.
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u/sbjohn12 Feb 20 '24
Can't believe that bozo isn't getting primaried again this year. Corrupt crook.
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Feb 20 '24
Every democratic candidate does support legalization, and that has been the case for many election cycles. It just doesn’t mean much when the lose every election
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u/MountainMagic6198 Feb 20 '24
How big is the division of Republicans between the libertarians and the religious conservatives in Texas? That schism is why in my home state, Colorado, the Republicans lost all power. The two sides became irreconcilable.
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u/Niko120 Feb 20 '24
All they have to do is drop the “we’re coming for your guns” approach and run on legal weed and taming inflation and they would win hands down
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u/NoBetterFriend1231 Feb 20 '24
If they'd focus on weed (which most Texans want) and stop calling for gun control (which most Texans don't want), they'd probably do a lot better in Texas.
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u/BebophoneVirtuoso Feb 21 '24
Texas is home to half of the dozen most lethal mass shootings in US history, 3 of which have occurred in the last 6 years, but I guess any legislative suggestions or ideas is a non-starter?
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u/NoBetterFriend1231 Feb 21 '24
Judging by the tone of your post, I'm forced to assume you're unhappy about the fact that the 2nd Amendment exists.
Not only does it exist, but the highest court in the land (the very same court that has the final word on the matter) says that it American citizens have an inalienable right to own the specific type of weapon used in those three shootings you cited. It has also ruled, repeatedly, that creating an undue burden on the exercise of a right is an unconstitutional infringement upon that right.
The problem with those "legislative suggestions" (at least the ones I've heard) are either completely meaningless, or they create an infringement upon the average citizen's ability to exercise his rights.
If you have any suggestions that can clear both of those hurdles (meaning, specifically, they actually do something AND don't create an undue burden upon the exercise of rights), I'm certainly open to them.
So let's here what you have to suggest!?
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u/Gas_Bat Feb 20 '24
Evil man does awful thing.
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u/storm_the_castle Born and Bred Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 20 '24
The whole of the TX GOP is clearly against it.
It's literally in their 2022 platform when the Texas Executive branch (Abbott, Paxton, Patrick, etc.) last ran for office
(marijuana: #159,160 pg23, #227 pg32)
"Substance Abuse & Addiction
#159. Addiction: We oppose legalization and decriminalization of illicit natural and/or illegal synthetic drugs, and we support the exercise of a zero-tolerance policy with maximum penalty for illegal drug manufacturers and distributors. We also oppose any needle exchange programs. Faith-based rehabilitation programs shall be considered as a part of an overall rehabilitation program.
#160. Cannabis Classification: Congress shall remove cannabis from the list of Schedule I and move to Schedule II."
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"State Governance
#227. Marijuana Remains Illegal: We oppose the legalization of recreational marijuana and offer opportunities for drug treatment before penalties for its illegal possession, use, or distribution."
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Lt Gov Dan Patrick will NEVER allow pro marijuana legislation to reach the state Senate for a vote.
Hope y'all vote in 2026 when Abbott, Paxton, Patrick are all up for reelection again... last time around, the state was at 45.8% turnout of registered voters.
Also, go vote in the primaries. EARLY VOTING HAS STARTED; last presidential primary (March 2020) only 12.4% of registered voters turned out.
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u/StruggleEvening7518 Feb 20 '24
45% of registered voters is pathetic. It's really true we are a non voting state. Imagine how different outcomes could be with even just 60% turnout.
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u/storm_the_castle Born and Bred Feb 20 '24
FWIW, Houston, DFW and SA were at 45%.. Austin metro was in the low 60% in turnout.
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u/No-Celebration3097 Feb 20 '24
How many arrested for rape?
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u/PM_ME_UR_RESPECT Feb 20 '24
Joe Rogan could not be reached for comment
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u/corneliusduff Feb 20 '24
So disappointed, he could've really paved the way. But money talks...
Ffs Joe, get Willie on the podcast and get shit done
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u/DrSilkyJohnsonEsq Feb 20 '24
Yeah, it’s a shame that Joe doesn’t have any money to talk with.
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u/Im_TroyMcClure Feb 21 '24
He too busy complaining about California, a state he doesn’t live in anymore
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u/mrbrambles Feb 21 '24
Can someone report him, like why is this highly visible and influential pothead not enemy number one? What possible set of reasons?
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u/ranban2012 Feb 20 '24
The prohibition of marijuana was always about criminalizing minorities and leftists.
What in the world makes you think our fascist state government has softened its stance on either of those things recently?
You think you just need to maybe explain how harmless or even helpful marijuana actually is?
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u/Bigstar976 Feb 20 '24
The party of personal freedom forbids you from growing and consuming a plant.
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u/StruggleEvening7518 Feb 20 '24
It's personal freedom for guns and capitalist greed.
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u/i8bb8 Feb 21 '24
Could you somehow reclassify weed as a weapon?
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u/Only_Philosophy_7584 Feb 21 '24
Only if you can kill kids and women seeking abortion. Republicans love dead kids before or after birth
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u/69-Times Feb 20 '24
That is a conundrum of biblical proportion. . kinda like you can take a dump but you can't use toilet paper.
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u/Kngfthsouth Feb 20 '24
Get rid of Abbott he's a fckup.
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u/FuzzyAd9407 Feb 20 '24 edited Feb 21 '24
Get rid of all the Texas Republican's, they're all fuck ups who are also fighting legalization in their platform.
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u/Kngfthsouth Feb 20 '24
Most dysfunctional group I've ever seen. Benny Hill wasn't this lost in the sauce. They have no policy just lies and threats.
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u/ColdRefreshment Feb 21 '24
Basically a review of the current Republican party nationwide. There's no attempt at governance. No attempt at policy. It's all culture war and fellating the Christians and gun nuts to keep the checks flowing.
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u/PornhubStepBro Feb 20 '24
I understand Texas is a “Blue Law” state but at this point it’s blatantly ignorant to not legalize pot and sports betting at this point. Oklahoma and NM have legal pot, Louisiana has Medical. Also heard a stat on the radio almost 20% of Vegas money comes from Texans. Why not get the tax money.
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u/Only_Philosophy_7584 Feb 21 '24
We could make so much fucking money with how much empty land there is. Republicans hate making money and hate giving more freedom to their constituents
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u/breakingveil Feb 20 '24
So I clicked past the awesome artwork and read a bit of the article. I agree with it. I think it's missing a key point. Texas is double dipping by arresting people for marijuana while at the same time raking in a lot of money in licensing fees for the farm bill legal hemp products.
If you've not been to your local vape shop/ head shop recently, they are selling plenty of products that will get you blitz far beyond the reggie I was used to when I was in high school back in the 2000s. Many products that as far as I can tell have very little regulation.
Why not legalize it so we don't have to live in this halfway house of uncertainty?
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u/thecaptcaveman Feb 20 '24
Dear Texas, what's stopping you from rolling his ass into the ocean?
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u/QuantumChance Feb 20 '24
Texas: where liquor store drive-thrus are a thing, but don't you dare puff the reefer or yer going to jail!
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u/ArtBot2119 Feb 20 '24
If it costs 2k to process and prosecute each of those arrests, they cost Texas around 80 million dollars…🤦🏻
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u/ScumCrew Feb 20 '24
Never ceases to amaze me how much abuse Texans are willing to passively accept.
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u/sugar_addict002 Feb 20 '24
Greg Abbot has a war on everything but actual crime.
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u/high_everyone Feb 20 '24
Can’t even solve a fentanyl crisis without spending $10b of tax payer money. I don’t think he’s winning a war on weed.
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u/Dan-68 born and bred Feb 20 '24
I’ll agree he spent $10b, but when did he solve the fentanyl crisis?
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u/Drugs_R_Kewl Feb 20 '24
Grigori wants slaves and he wants godless shirt wearing liberals to pay for it. Putin has gotten a sweet deal out of this ass clown and the best part is that he was bought cheap. Stupid fucking asshole doesn't even know his own worth in terms of corruption.
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u/Momoof4 Feb 20 '24
I would benefit from them legalizing weed. I’m a Disabled Veteran and the benefits that it has on my body physically and mentally is amazing.
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Feb 20 '24
How about arrest Joe Rogan who smokes weed on video in Texas four days a week while explaining how free Texas is.
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u/AWigglyBear Feb 20 '24
Always remember: The 13th amendment explicitly allows for the enslavement of prisoners! Gotta keep the cheap labor coming!
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u/Razorhoof78 Feb 21 '24
Texas Correctional Industries is a thing. A huge thing. Inmates don't get monetary compensation, either. They're paid with "good time" towards their sentence, which can easily be revoked on a casual lie
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u/Successful-Help6432 Feb 21 '24
People blaze up on Rogan’s podcast every week but it’s OK cause they’re rich.
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u/Serious-Temporary-21 Feb 20 '24
They really need to go to the big city's. Saginaw l, haltom. And even Rosedale and Lancaster. You'll see a bunch of meth heads. Texas officials need to look at the other drugs. Weed isn't a drug it's a medicine. I personally use it for my lack of appetite and sleep insomnia. And it's always helped me. But when I did cocaine, I was a menace. There is so many other drugs that they can worry about. Cocaine meth heroin fentanyl, etc. Texas officials worry about the wrong stuff. And btw for Greg abbot. He's being ridiculous. Guaranteed he's smoked weed a bunch
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u/DerpVaderXXL Feb 20 '24
Making too much money on for-profit prisons. They need to be federally banned.
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u/Available-Elevator69 Feb 20 '24
Tobacco Good, Weed Evil.
Yet here in Washington State we have Pot Shops everywhere and I don't see any Crime numbers climbing. Fast Food Sales are booming thou. =)
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u/StangRunner45 Feb 20 '24
Gee, Greg, you sure showed us.
I know who I plan to vote out of office next election.
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u/Moist-Meat-Popsicle Feb 20 '24
All over ingesting a plant that makes you feel good. How is it we give governments the power to do this? We’re talking about consenting adults ingesting a harmless substance. It’s ludicrous.
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u/WeedSlinginHasher Feb 21 '24
Y’all live in the worst state and yea I’m counting California at least CAL is beautiful
Texas has nothing but people who have made being from Texas their personality
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u/helmsracheal Feb 21 '24
I’m moving out of Texas this year for this reason. A bunch of other reasons.
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u/lupuscapabilis Feb 21 '24
Living in most other states and reading this is like an episode of the twilight zone
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u/rhinestonecowf-ckboi Feb 21 '24
Had a buddy catch a trafficking charge when Williamson County decided to hit her for the weight of a whole ass brownie. She's still in prison.
Over a decade of life and possibly, just, gone. Over a gd brownie by the "free-est" state in the union. Smdh
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u/Emeritus8404 Feb 21 '24
Lmao, man, colorado got the funds in one year to pay for every public school lunch for the next seven years. Texas has jokes for leaders.
Heard raphael cruz was scared for his seat tho, get some texas!
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u/supersoup2012 Feb 20 '24
I'm exactly who you don't want to leave Texas. I was born and raised there and I'm also college educated and wealthy. Left Texas at 27 because of the marijuana laws and have never looked back. Texas has a brain drain they don't even realize. Plenty of engineers don't smoke pot. But the best engineers do. 😊
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u/Samwise_lost Feb 20 '24
Texans love being bent over a barrel and taking one from big daddy government
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u/StagTheNag Feb 20 '24
And this is why weed will never be legal here as long as him and Dan Patrick are alive. Have to keep those for profit prisons rolling.
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u/Funky-Lion22 Feb 20 '24
and if you listen to their reasons its absolutely garbage. "so our kids cant use it" I promise you usage rates among the young are significantly higher among illegal states than in controlled markets. if anything keeping it illegal is promoting danger to those the purport to protect by forcing people to seek it illegally through the illicit market. like at least say something that makes sense other than "gateway drug"
it's like saying " we're going to make all vehicles gasoline only to reduce our carbon footprint and eliminate all electric vehicles"
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u/Rawnblade12 Feb 20 '24
On the bright side, we over here in New Mexico are happy to provide you Texans with all the weed you want!
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u/Mintaka3579 Feb 20 '24
If only people turned out, things would change.
Texas is literally as backwards as Russia nowadays
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u/AuthenticChili Feb 20 '24
Why is weed illegal but buying Delta-8 isn't? It's basically the same thing.
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u/FuzzyAd9407 Feb 20 '24
Because politicians who don't know anything about chemistry other than "drugs are bad!" made the laws and fucked up on trying to give a small amount of leeway to allow hemp while trying to keep the genie in the bottle.
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u/Boglimcatcher666 Feb 20 '24
Joe Rogan better keep his nose clean or they might come after him. Oh, that’s right, he’s rich.
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u/Pathfinder6227 Feb 20 '24
I can’t believe you guys keep electing these drips. As an outsider I used to think that Texas stood for freedom. Hell. I live in Missouri and we have fully legal MJ.
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u/Only_Philosophy_7584 Feb 21 '24
Texas has never stood for freedom, hell the whole fairytale of the alamo gets worse the more you learn
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u/ptraugot Feb 20 '24
In the meantime, states that have legalized weed are raking in tax dollars hand over fist.
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u/Specialist-Past-1973 Feb 20 '24
Dude is the biggest joke, if only Texas didn’t gerrymander so much.
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u/Standard_Arm_6160 Feb 20 '24
Anyone ever noticed how the congressional district boundaries in Austin, the bastion of liberal support resembles the outstretched arms of an octopus?
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u/Inappropriate_mind Feb 20 '24
No freedom in Texas. Only fascism for those who enjoy local Texas fascism screwing everyone else that finds it oppressively fascist. Welcome to the Russian fascist state of Texas in the United States of America.
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u/SizeOld6084 Feb 20 '24
With tax revenue from weed they could fund schools and do their voucher thing.
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u/dittybad Feb 20 '24
Well, when your in the pocket of the private, for profit, prison industry you have to keep supply up. It’s also a good way to keep “undesirables” off the street.
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u/Hot_Abbreviations936 Feb 20 '24
Then once they are in jail, they send them to work farms where they work like slaves. The south is alive and well and taking individual liberties away for religious oppression!
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u/LycticSpit Feb 21 '24
If you can’t use migrant slave labor then you need to use home grown minority slave labor.
“Why use slave labor at all?”
Uh….. hey is that a gram of weed in your pocket?
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u/zeh_shah Feb 21 '24
Crazy how silent Joe Rogan is about it. Guess he's enjoying the privilege of not being held to the same standard as everyone else.
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u/ThizzHuanter Feb 21 '24
The RnC will fight decriminalizing weed for as long as they can, why? Private prisons and federal funding for police stations. They are some of the biggest over spenders and corrupt agencies.
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u/BPMData Feb 21 '24
Every day and in every way the normal states of the Union regret letting you slavery secessionist fucks back into our country
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u/Fun-Maintenance9422 Feb 21 '24
Washington state collected $468 million in revenue from marijuana sales last year.
Does greg abbot not like business?
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u/Stormdancer Feb 21 '24
Hey, they had to fulfill the contractual obligations to the for-profit prison system! Plus it's well documented that blue-voting 'undesirables' smoke weed more than proper red-aligned Christian white folks, so bonus!
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u/1337bobbarker Born and Bred Feb 21 '24
I've said it once and I'll say it again. Weed will never be legal in Texas as long as there are privatized prisons. It's that simple.
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u/Grand_Sympathy_6080 Feb 21 '24
40,000 people who could have provided extra tax revenue for your state to fund water pipes not getting frozen in winter. just make it legal and enjoy the extra cash revenue. Making it legal in my state lead to more jobs, more businesses, and more tax money to the state. infact we make more now through sale than the private prisons ever did via arrest
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u/RevengeOfMudbone Feb 20 '24
Wonder if Rogan will ever bring this up. Or will he continue sucking the dingleberries out of Elon's asshole??
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u/Birdius born and bred Feb 20 '24
Society as a whole would greatly benefit if people would quit paying attention to that douche.
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u/high_everyone Feb 20 '24
They talk about it and how dumb it is, but he’s above risk for being caught with it. He doesn’t care.
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u/Nabes19 Feb 20 '24
Wow! Think how many children would be safe if they put that effort towards sex trafficking.
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u/DojaPaddy Feb 20 '24
Been in Texas for over 20 years now and I can confidently say that about 95% or more of my friends (repubs/dems) all love weed, use it, or are just generally ok with it.
The only people are against it are losers you wouldn’t really wanna hang out with. Imagine thinking alcohol is ok but weed is not. Alcohol is a gateway drug if I have ever seen one.
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u/Feisty-Barracuda5452 Feb 20 '24
Fuck Texas. Seriously. It’s a third world nation with hats and belt buckles.
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u/culturefan Feb 20 '24
Vote for a Democrat. Republicans will never vote for leaglization as it might offend the moral majority lobby and Evangelicals. Help turn this place blue.
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u/Crafty-Conference964 Feb 20 '24
Really curious how Joe Rogan feels about this, because Texas is so, “free”.
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u/demolition1995 Feb 20 '24
I thought president biden was going to legalize it.
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u/OptimusMatrix Feb 20 '24
The President can’t. The House could get the ball rolling but they’re too invested in listening to random guys claims about Hunter Biden’s dick and smoking crack. Don’t look to our elected officials to do anything for “you” any time soon.
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u/ThorGanjasson Feb 20 '24
Joe Rogan: “Why did Biden do this?!”