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Old 11-09-2022, 03:54 PM
 
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Old 11-09-2022, 03:57 PM
 
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Nice!

So as of now it is decriminalized in the following cities: San Antonio, Houston, Dallas, Austin, Fort Worth, Denton.

I am a correct on this? Are there any other cities? Is it completely decriminalized in any of these counties or is it just in the big cities that make up most of the county population?
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Old 11-09-2022, 04:24 PM
 
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unless you get popped by tdps that is or fish and game.
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Old 11-09-2022, 04:41 PM
 
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This is something that is making the state look behind the times on.

Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Utah have medical Marijuana programs and Texas doesn't? Texas, along with Idaho, Nebraska and Kansas, are the only states without at least some comprehensive medical Cannabis law west if the Mississippi.

It is legal in 22 states recreationally. Texas wants to put on big state pants but still has some small state, speed trap mentality.
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Old 11-09-2022, 05:05 PM
 
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This is something that is making the state look behind the times on.

Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Utah have medical Marijuana programs and Texas doesn't? Texas, along with Idaho, Nebraska and Kansas, are the only states without at least some comprehensive medical Cannabis law west if the Mississippi.

It is legal in 22 states recreationally. Texas wants to put on big state pants but still has some small state, speed trap mentality.
Texas also gets played politically since it's the largest reliable red state and a direct counter to California. If Texas makes medical marijuana legal (or better, recreational) then super conservatives wont have any clout. As it stands now though, unless you're in a rural red county, cops likely wont do anything other than ticket and/or destory if they find personal amounts. Weed is just more accepted nowadays and many of these cops now grew up hitting the blunt before hitting the academy.

But the dealers I know like how it is now in the cities. Still have their market but if they get caught the penalty is far less.

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Old 11-09-2022, 05:13 PM
 
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Good for Denton for getting into the 21st Century

And a shout out to Maryland and Missouri for passing laws for recreational use last night.
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Old 11-09-2022, 05:47 PM
 
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Texas also gets played politically since it's the largest reliable red state and a direct counter to California. If Texas makes medical marijuana legal (or better, recreational) then super conservatives wont have any clout. As it stands now though, unless you're in a rural red county, cops likely wont do anything other than ticket and/or destory if they find personal amounts. Weed is just more accepted nowadays and many of these cops now grew up hitting the blunt before hitting the academy.

But the dealers I know like how it is now in the cities. Still have their market but if they get caught the penalty is far less.
Texas is being out-Texased by Florida. Abbott has nothing on DeSantis, and yet even Florida has legalized Medical Cannabis. Even Mississippi and Alabama approved Medical Cannabis exceptions.

Seems like Cannabis isn't holding back DeSantis in having conservative clout, I'm not sure what clout Texas is getting by being the last holdout on this issue.

It's all well and good to have an issue to run on, but this ain't it. If you are on the right of Mississippi, Alabama, Utah, The Dakotas, Louisiana, Arkansas on this issue what does not letting go of it get you?

Even Montana of all places has legalized recreational weed.
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Old 11-09-2022, 05:48 PM
 
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Under a oz is just a ticket is it not? Thats almost legal. If got the bucks to buy a $100 bag then you can afford a ticket.
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Old 11-09-2022, 05:54 PM
 
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Under a oz is just a ticket is it not? Thats almost legal. If got the bucks to buy a $100 bag then you can afford a ticket.
Ridiculous reasoning.
By that theory if you are rich enough to buy a car then you are rich enough to pay a $100 ticket just for driving.

Why should the price of the ticket matter for doing something that is legal or that there are exemptions for in like 40 other states?
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Old 11-09-2022, 05:57 PM
 
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Texas is being out-Texased by Florida. Abbott has nothing on DeSantis, and yet even Florida has legalized Medical Cannabis. Even Mississippi and Alabama approved Medical Cannabis exceptions.

Seems like Cannabis isn't holding back DeSantis in having conservative clout, I'm not sure what clout Texas is getting by being the last holdout on this issue.

It's all well and good to have an issue to run on, but this ain't it. If you are on the right of Mississippi, Alabama, Utah, The Dakotas, Louisiana, Arkansas on this issue what does not letting go of it get you?

Even Montana of all places has legalized recreational weed.
I agree and I think it's that Texas has more religious right than Florida or Montana. It doesnt make sense to me which is wht I think it's the last big holdout for folks against legalizing.
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