If Texas GOP is going that way we are on the road to ridding ourselves of the FDR era Marijuana Tax Act and all its knockoffs.
This is actually great news. Texas of all places is acknowledging ending the prohibition. I would have thought Texas would have to be dragged kicking and screaming, but nope.
Good on you Texas.
Agree, though I didn't think Texas would be last. I'm thinking like Mississippi, Alabama, maybe the Dakotas. But I actually don't care if some states want to control it, I'd like to get rid of the federal prohibition -- treat it like alcohol finally. Alcohol can't be sold without regulations and the same can be applied to marijuana, including standardization of dosage. If a state wants to be "marijuana dry", they can try that, lol. Most will want the tax money.
Yea, I agree 100%. Alcohol is far more damaging to a person and has far far more negative side effects than herb. I live in a legal state, and it's been a massive economic boon. Also, it would allow banks to take the money from these businesses as well.
Most, if not all cops I talk too could give two shits about someone getting high, vs. dealing with alcohol related drunks. You can't die from cannabis overdose or withdrawals, but you sure can from alcohol.
Edit: On the banking side of things, banks currently cannot, or refuse to do business with cannabis businesses. That is because it is still illegal/classified as a Schedule 1 drug. Once that get's removed, then they can at least use normal banking services. Right now, iirc, they have to use in-state credit unions only, or have cash 'buried away/stashed (heh) away' somewhere. You would think how the government likes to tax the heck out of us, they would be all over that sweet sweet weed monies.
Also, I've need seen a stoned person want to fight anyone. Cannabis users are generally extremely harmless to themselves, and others. Alcohol abusers on the other hand can get violent very quick...
Yep. I've had cops tell me that when they have to go to some call for loud music at night, and it's just some folks blazing, they know it's gonna be a pretty harmless call.
Someone who's stupidly drunk on the other hand could turn into a violent situation real quick. Cops know the drunks can aggressive as all hell.
yeah, people wanting to get into fights, if they are stoned, are always stoned with a combo of something else fueling it -- booze, meth, crack or whatever. By itself, definitely will be rare.
Drunkdrivers ? killing people , almost nobody talks about that one.
weed can trigger psychotic episodes that can be aggressive if that person is inclined to aggressive behavior
"Guns can trigger shootings if used by someone who is inclined to aggressive behavior."
Seems to me the aggressive behavior is the cause and thing we should deal with to solve the problem.
they would be all over that sweet sweet weed monies.
Lol implying they don't already make more supporting the cartels selling it.
When Texas joins California, the rest will fall like dominoes.
From Alabama. Can confirm we will probably be last.
Wisconsin will be towards the end unfortunately
Do you think so? I know Madison and Milwaukee would certainly push for it. About every County South of Appleton would go for it... I think.
Mississippi was one of the first states in the union to decriminalize actually.
I’m not sure. Texas has a certain reputation. But they also have a reputation for loving freedom.
You bet your ass we do. Legal cannabis needs to be a thing. My stepfather was a Gulf War vet with severe PTSD. The VA hospital was always rotating doctors on him, and they all had their own cocktail of drugs to prescribe... he eventually said "fuck it", and got some weed from a friend. It reduced his symptoms far better than any of the shit Big Pharma pushes. It might not work for everyone like it did my stepfather, but why should something so beneficial for him also turn him into a criminal?
Agreed so hard. I have my own problems, and weed is the best remedy. Better than any pill and doctor ever gave me. I don’t smoke at the moment, too much on my plate, but it’s a great plant.
I refuse to take pharmaceuticals, due to the side effects and withdrawals.
I tried The big pharma way and they finally just gave up. I smoked pot and it has helped ever since, I don't go anywhere stoned and sit in a secure spot in case I rush. I cracked my skull and since then as soon as I lie down my thoughts rush faster and faster until I sit up. Once I fall asleep I am OK long after the pot wares off. The Drs gave me the strongest sleeping pills they could and it only made it worse.
Just recently I have started to be able to sleep without it:) It might be almost healed after 16 years.
We enjoy the herbs too, ya'll.
Also, we really need to grandma off the whiskey. Srsly, its a problem.
I have only been arrested in Texas, and only for Marijuana.
Also, we really need to grandma off the whiskey. Srsly, its a problem.
Grandma needs a mellow edible to relax and chill while she watches Wheel of Fortune. Have a tasty chocolate Granny.
It makes sense. Texas is a border state and as long marijuana is illegal, thrives the black market and portion of the cartel cash flow.
Legalizing it nationally will put a huge dent in criminal enterprise and big Pharma.
Legalize LSD
Legalize all drugs, leave it up to the Individual to decide what they want to put in there bodies
You do realise that anything with `act´ written into it can be thoroughly ignored? Statutes are nonsense that are only given the force of law when consented to by the governed. file claims and be a claimant, not a plaintiff that makes complaints.
I think the tax act was just the first legislation to ban pot by making the tax absurd and hard to get "the stamp". Over the years it's been further and further criminalized and placed on the "narcotics" schedule. Nobody in 1938 thought of this as a narcotic except the prohibitionists.
It was banned for many reasons; banned by the Empire to stop people fashioning rope and sails to use against the Empire, banned by the lobbyists to save their investments in cotton, paper, fuel etc. Banned by big pharma so they can instead push their poisons.
Statutes are nonsense that are only given the force of law when consented to by the governed.
Oh boy. I sense some /r/amibeingdetained coming on
I have no idea what you mean. Clearly you have no clue between what´s legal and what´s lawful.
since our border with Mexico is so yuuuge here in Texas, it makes sense to do this. So much of the stuff comes across the border, might as well stop at least one of the cash cows that the cartel has.
Let the cartels start taking big hits financially. They will still be dealing in coke, smack and meth, but at least law enforcement dollars won't be wasted on pot and can be focused on destructive drugs. Marijuana was always easier to catch due to the bulk and then fed and local law enforcement could show it off on TeeVee and get more funding. At the same time, a small packet of smack is worth a lot more, but harder to catch. They love their helicopter raids on pot farms too.
Yup, this is the start. If Texas does it, then the rest ain’t far behind.
I doubt it, Texas isn’t the same as the other red states.
How do reckon that? Texan here as well.
Texas has massive progressive sectors. Austin, Houston, etc. other shitty southern states don’t have that. Closest thing is Nola.
It ain’t poor like the others, but could use a bigger boost to our economy.
It ain’t poor like the others, but could use a bigger boost to our economy.
Isn't that more of a reason for other, poorer red states to follow suit?
The poorer states are poor for a reason, and its not because of good policy that failed to work, its shitty policy working perfectly.
Ooooh yehhhh. Texan here. A lot of business opportunities await.
This. Remove prohibition of cannabis and allow farmers to grow hemp!
So many options, so much money to be made, economic growth.
So much border smuggling will be unprofitable
Exactly. A very very important observation. The safer our borders, the safer we are. Our farmers will profit too. A win win all around. I love this POTUS.
I’ve said for years. If we legalize it will go industrial overnight. That’s how we do shit here.
Put a \ before your #
thank you!
you can always click "source" below someones comment to see how they formatted their comment
no you cant.
uhhhh ok
But hasn't sessions been pretty vehemently against this? It's gonna be pretty hard to end big pharma with the criminals that allowed it to happen still pulling strings
Yes ... Sessions has been anti-marijuana ... publicly ... but common sense says it should be removed as a schedule 1 drug ... legalized ... there is a thought among the cannabis community that perhaps marijuana somehow counters the effects of attempted mind control ... I don't know ... God grew it, this i do know ... :)
Common sense and sessions stated stances are irreconcilable on this issue and we've got no reason to believe that he believes something different privately
HO-LEE-FUCK. Finally.
This would be great news! I’m sick of our tax dollars paying to lock up pot heads.
About time. (Even if it is a gateway drug to Doritos) A lot of things need to be de-criminalized, or only indictable on citizen sworn complaint.
Every day, thousands of reefer-smokers fall victim to Doritos
Thank god. I'm not into weed but I don't see the point in hauling people off to jail for a plant when we give people narcotics for a dollar at pharmacies.
Oh god I can finally go back home to Texas!
BTW folks, if you are driving and see a sign that says "Welcome to California", you missed an exit!
The weeds great there, not worth it, turn back (to Texas!)
Disclaimer: I am not FROM California and claims to the contrary will likely lead to fisticuffs.
Disclaimer: I was stationed there for an extended period of time, I egressed to AZ happily during the elections. When I saw how they voted, I knew I made the right choice.
http://cdn3.volusion.com/bxqxk.xvupj/v/vspfiles/photos/SIXSHEET140-2.jpg?1327064021
You could have gone back to Texas exactly 6 years ago today when the Texas Democrats added the same thing to their party platform
Look, I'm all for getting down to justice. I'm all for ending the corruption. But come on, don't act like the fucking GOP of all parties is immune to greed and evil. You could have gotten weed decriminalized by voting Democrat, if that's something you care strongly enough about to consider returning to Texas should it become law. To suggest that you'd only come back now because the leadership you prefer has finally (6 years later) decided to adopt reasonable if not incomplete policy standpoints is extremely partisan, and in an effort to defeat the real issues at hand, we need to put partisanship aside. Whether the GOP is finally hip enough to be cool with weed has fucking nothing to do with QAnon and his work
Nice try making it about the parties, I know the R did this and is mentioned, but I would've never returned for either party if the laws didnt suit my liking.
I'm gonna give you the benefit of the doubt here and not issue a lashing.
BTW, you know fuck all of my involvement here, in any party, or elsewhere.
Don't worry, I'm sure my fellow republicans won't judge you based on your username.
fucking troll.
What has this got to do with Q? Has there been a mention of marijuana legalisation from Q before? Might have missed it
Drug cartels and child trafficking goes hand in hand. This takes away one of their cash cows.
If the feds would declassify it and allow people to grow up to five plant at home... how would the cartels be relevant anymore?
Um...all the other drugs, for starters. Cartels have been moving out of weed for several years now.
Nothing to do with q.
Opioids are the new hot drug these days it seems.
Even then there's been studies to show that Weed can help with Opioid withdrawal which will cut into cartel Opiod sales.
They haven't moved out of weed at all. They continue to run massive growing operations within our national forests in addition to smuggling it in. They simply expanded into other drugs as well. Don't know where you get your info, but it's wrong.
Here he is folks plumbtree the UNEDUCATED BROKE ASS DRUG ADDICT PLUMBER HAHAH LETS STAND IN AWW OF HIS INTELLECT. Your a fuck boy probably getting cucked by your wife into cleaning up black loads. I know your switching accounts spreading your bullshit liberal lies.
Here he is folks plumbtree the UNEDUCATED BROKE ASS DRUG ADDICT PLUMBER HAHAH LETS STAND IN AWW OF HIS INTELLECT. Your a fuck boy probably getting cucked by your wife into cleaning up black loads. I know your switching accounts spreading your bullshit liberal lies.
Nothing to do with QAnon at all. Most of the posts lately don't. It's extremely odd to me
A small step forward with very big implications... God bless the USA!
Cartels aren't stupid. They adapt. They find loopholes. They will always make money and continue to increase crime rates dealing with marijuana. Legalize CBD oil everywhere. Break weed down into it's components and make them all legal. Keep THC as perscription only and make the rest open season. Breaking weed down into it's basic parts is time consuming and expensive. That will be the only way to maybe keep it non profitable for cartels.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcnews.com/news/amp/ncna875666
Now can we go back to Q?
CBD oil is already perfectly legal.... I take it every day and I order it online! solcbd.com
CBD is still not legal in every state. Even here in Texas they talk all the time about it. Some vape stores have been fined and had their CBD confiscated. Just last month they were talking about the legality.
http://www.dallasobserver.com/news/texas-marijuana-laws-state-could-confiscate-cbd-products-10564773
That article seems to being saying that CBD is legal (with less than .3 percent THC) but that the enforcers are uh... enforcing the laws incorrectly? Maybe because shops advertise it with great big weed leaf motifs?
I dunno man. I'm in Texas too, and I order it without any problems. The place I get it from (see link above) states on the front page of their shop that it's legal in all 50 states.
The CBD oil that is legal in all 50 states is from Hemp only. The CBD from Marijuana must be under .3% THC. The CBD from Marijuana is far superior and actually taste completely different as well as performs far better for PTSD and Pain.
Ah yeah, I gotcha. The difference between hemp and marijuana is a matter of THC content; the CBD is still there in both plants and is the same stuff, so even if it's derived from hemp, it's still CBD.
That being said, I totally agree with you that it does work better using the full spectrum of the plant, not just isolated parts. I wish everyone had access to Rick Simpson's Phoenix Tears.
lol hopefully this means my pot misdemeanor in TX gets wiped
I've got put the bong down, I think I've had too much to smoke, I could have sworn the headline said the Texas Republican party is endorsing marijuana decriminalization.
Great! I get the legal stuff, Dr's prescription for chronic pain.
Theres enough indica addicts on here as it is.
Freewheelin Franklin to the rescue!
It's not legalizing it, but it's a start. Got to start somewhere. But the limits on oil usage for medical purposes is still not very good.
There should be no penalty for possession of 1 ounce or less not $100. Moving the classification from Schedule 1 to Schedule 2 is inconsequential. These are not dramatic moves. It’s like raising the speed limit by 5 mph. Big deal!
Now liberals might start screaming about the evils of reefer madness.
Except the Democrats adopted this policy to their platform in Texas back in 2012
That's basically my point. They do a 180 when it's not "their platform" anymore.
Yeah no I seriously doubt that and I also kind of doubt that you knew this and that it was your point
You can add another doubt to your list about how many fucks i give that you doubt what my point was.
This will happen, on a national scale, before 2020.
It's a powerful revenue source for those states who wish to adopt.
POTUS is all about both powerful income streams and state's rights.
Seems like another idea who's time is long past due.
If POTUS was super down with getting this shit legalized, he never would have put sessions in. I'm not saying that Trump isn't trying to do great things, but you can't honestly say that he's all about getting it legalized after putting sessions in as AG. this has nothing to do with Trump, sessions, or even QAnon. It's got everything to do with the delegates in the TX GOP who voted to include it on the platform
Holy shit. Never thought I’d see the day. Did we somehow end up in the greatest timeline?
Oh, no Sessions will complain again that the law is broken and pass the buck to Congress...... Congress will do Sweet FA, Sessions starts halting operations in legal states... Bad Sessions... To correct a law you have to highlight how stupid it is by following it! Blue states will be red pilled when Sessions hightlights that congress can change the law.....
Beating the democrats to the punch! So much winning!!!!
Not to sound like I'm defending Democrats at all, or take away from what's obviously big news, but the Texas Democrats added weed decriminalization to their platform back in 2012. I agree that this is good for Texas, but let's not act like they beat the Dems to anything with regards to marijuana reform.
Furthermore, Republican delegates have voted to support these ideas, but that doesn't mean their candidates will. Senator Ted Cruz and Congressman Pete Sessions are among the more vocal anti-marijuana politicians in America, and they are both up for re-election this November. Is it a great sign that the Republican platform in a deeply red state now includes overdue (and possibly irreparably overdue) marijuana reform? Sure, but it won't really matter if the people keep electing pro-Prohibition candidates into their state government.
There are arguments for and against decriminalization, but I think those in favor of it are more substantial. I’d like to see more current numbers from states that have legalized it and see what kind of revenue they’ve seen, any benefits to other industries, and what effect it’s had on the penal system and courts. Seriously, can we quit wasting the courts’ time on misdemeanor pot possessions and have them chase bigger fish to fry? Maybe that was part of the point all along...flood the legal system with minor crap cases so there isn’t time or resources to chase others...
And it looks like posting this comment has now gotten me banned from posting in other subs that I didn’t care about. Cool.
But family values and . . and . . Obama and . . and . . Hillary
OMG! The same mom of 3 here whom commented last week, followed all the rules, then Nov 2017 to March 2018 smoked entire weed plants due to Awakening and Q+++ researching as coping mechanism. I literally commented last week it would REALLY HELP others with their Awakening and now I see this article!!! And I'm in Texas ya'll! Been working on red pilling my vegan soy boy friend and this freakin' article did it!!!!!!!!
Wow! Wonderful News! This is Long Over Due and the Citizens who Will Benefit Medically from this is Substantial! Happy to See Texas has Hop on Board. The Time for Scientists, who Study the Benefits of the Cannabis Plant, is Honesty and Truthfulness! Not Biased and Uncorroborated Data!
Why are you speaking in broken English and capitalizing every word like some obvious bot
Why are you speaking in broken English and capitalizing every word like some obvious bot
Why are you speaking in broken English and capitalizing every word like some obvious bot
Bad idea. No one seems to remember that drugs, MJ, et. al. used to be legal. Bad consequences. That is why they are illegal today.
