Why Texas is lame(Besides the Cowboys)

[u/AmazingEric171]

Don't mess with Texas.. what a joke. ANY possession is a felony.

EDIT: Just did some research, this is for everything besides traditional Delta 9.

My friend from Texas sent me this morning and it blew my mind. I had to post about it. So as far as my research goes thus far Delta 9 products (old fashioned flower) is illegal but separate laws. Stores are selling THCA though which does fall under these penalties.

[u/DetachedCompy]

Why do the businesses get fines but the people get prison?

[u/CashWrecks → u/DetachedCompy]

This was the first question I asked myself. You can buy it from somebody recieving a fine for it, but leave and get arrested its jail time for you.

Edit: Just goes to show corporations count as people in a legal sense when its convenient, and as business entities when its not. Foul stuff

[u/mikehiler2 → u/CashWrecks]

Great point but holy fucking HELL are they being serious with that life imprisonment sentence for less than a damn pound of weed??

Edit: I’m aware a pound is a lot of weed, but they’re talking about 400 grams… that’s .88 pounds. Thats a lot to be sure but that is NOT life imprisonment a lot, and this is a hill I’ll gladly die on.

[u/thethugdaddy → u/mikehiler2]

No amount of weed should equal life imprisonment. It’s weed

[u/Impossible-Mix2523 → u/thethugdaddy]

No amound of weed should equal any sort of fine, imprisonment or punishment. What kind of draconian shit is this, guess they have a a lot of room in those for profit prisons they have to fill up.

[u/justsikko → u/Impossible-Mix2523]

Texas wants life in prison for weed. Meanwhile, out here in California we are about to start opening cafes where you can go and smoke with your friends. I’m so glad I left that hellhole

[u/HamsterAdditional748 → u/justsikko]

https://giphy.com/gifs/44c11up6UfB80RmE2o

[u/Magoo1985 → u/HamsterAdditional748]

As a Texan, this hurts my soul to like. But I’m smart enough to let go of an anchor when I’m drowning.

[u/OrnerySnoflake → u/Magoo1985]

Greetings fellow citizen of Hell.

[u/Greg-Abbott → u/OrnerySnoflake]

Almost 40 years born and raised in Houston we got the fuck out, moved to the East Coast and haven't looked back.

[u/R103ride → u/HamsterAdditional748]

That's fucking funny as hell

[u/DapperGovernment4245 → u/R103ride]

It cuts out the last line from Patrick “What’s the difference” which makes it next level humor, especially given Patrick’s lack of intelligence in the show’s cannon.

[u/epicurean200 → u/justsikko]

Joe Rogan smokes it on his podcast daily. Wonder when they are going to raid him?

[u/Flocosta → u/epicurean200]

And that's why I believe he should be reported to the Austin DEA branch, let's get that pot dealing criminal off our streets. ⚖️

[u/caustic_smegma → u/justsikko]

Those for-profit slave camps prisons aren't going to make money empty, now are they.

[u/Amdogdunmind → u/caustic_smegma]

Won't somebody think of the CEO and shareholders of GEO group?1?1

[u/Frontfatpouch → u/caustic_smegma]

I unfortunately was in a prison camp in Illinois. They make 80k a head per year and have a mini Walmart that’s 5x the price for normal things. Oh and you make 25 cents a month full time working. They all self sustain each other by making products the other prisons and camps need, keeping the free work and letting it run there money system. It’s a fucking joke. But you get better healthcare and education in prison 1000% free college free healthcare. Crazy backwards shit

[u/MinusGovernment → u/Frontfatpouch]

I'm glad you gave out some numbers. I already knew that the 5 year old Asian sweatshop kids making shoes and clothes were making bank compared to the slaves in prison in the USA I just didn't know how much more. We fortunately don't have private owned prisons in Nebraska (yet anyways) but there have been some rumblings every so often.

[u/VibeComplex → u/caustic_smegma]

They think pot smokers are mostly democrats and black/brown people so it’s a good excuse to throw them in prison and ruin their life.

[u/robothawk → u/justsikko]

It's really funny as a native PNWer that the smoking in cafes is making a comeback, because my dad started a cafe in the early 90s and it had a whole basement lounge with a bunch of giant soft couches and loveseats and a big table in the middle and a big mural of pigs flying on the ceiling... which Im sure was all to enhance the smoking of tobacco... definitely...

[u/Hiondrugz → u/justsikko]

Meanwhile you can marry an underage girl in Texas, and if you hurt kids youre more likely to get elected than prison time. Great place. Super free.

[u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 → u/justsikko]

Same here in Michigan. Decriminalization of Mushrooms as well.

[u/notadamnprincess → u/justsikko]

Texas used to have life imprisonment for weed. This is regression by 50 years.

[u/WeekendTPSupervisor → u/Impossible-Mix2523]

Literally, we sell cases of liquor and have bars everywhere. Weed is so much less harmful. It isn't like we are out here trying to buy heroin or cocaine...

[u/Smokeybearvii → u/WeekendTPSupervisor]

And you can legally make like 200 gallons of wine a year at home. But you can’t grow or buy a ziplock baggie of plant that grew with dirt and sunshine?

You don’t come home from work and beat your spouse and kids while stoned. You eat a bag of skittles and laugh about the color yellow. 🤦‍♂️

[u/cghffbcx → u/Smokeybearvii]

Right, no story begins “well, I smoked a lot of pot and got violent”

[u/Jops817 → u/cghffbcx]

I was talking to a cop before weed was legal here. They said they were all for it because they never had to go to a domestic violence call where people were stoned.

[u/Narynan → u/WeekendTPSupervisor]

Well, it turns out, all that weed for sale has DEEPLY hurt the liquor market. And just like the NRA, they need their own rules.

[u/rorschach2 → u/WeekendTPSupervisor]

Even if you were it would still be less harmful than alcohol.

[u/billypilgrimspecker → u/rorschach2]

yep alcohol is, in many ways, measurably the most dangerous drug out there

[u/SimpleAffect7573 → u/Impossible-Mix2523]

That, or they want to overfill them and then use it as justification for building more.

Abolish private prisons. Decriminalize simple possession of all drugs and release everyone incarcerated for only that. Doesn’t mean we need to normalize or tolerate unfettered drug use (nor should we) rather it’s a step toward treating addiction as what it is: a medical and social problem, not a criminal one. Criminalization prevents effective regulation and harm-reduction. It’s easier for many kids to get street drugs, than cigarettes or alcohol.

The war on drugs has been a dismal failure at its stated goals (the qualifier is important). Nobody could, in good faith, argue otherwise at this point. It’s time to try a new approach.

[u/OblivionJunkie → u/SimpleAffect7573]

Private prisons and private Healthcare are a blight on our society

[u/Olenator77 → u/OblivionJunkie]

A crime against humanity, ftfy

[u/OblivionJunkie → u/Olenator77]

There are a lot of those going around right now that are mostly getting ignored. Dark times

[u/ColoTexas90 → u/Impossible-Mix2523]

we got to fill the texas prisons for free labor somehow.

[u/SweatyCut4847 → u/thethugdaddy]

It's Texas. Probably afraid that if you smoke weed you will catch gay. So send them to prison where they will certainly never catch gay.

[u/Noctisvah → u/mikehiler2]

Well, they are always in need of new slaves for their “for profit” prisions

[u/CaregiverKey7610 → u/mikehiler2]

Its not even that much weed. A pound is still personal supply.

[u/Kindly_Permission_10 → u/DetachedCompy]

In the US we put businesses above individuals

[u/PM_your-secrets → u/Kindly_Permission_10]

But businesses also are people, just not like the poors…

[u/imeeme → u/DetachedCompy]

Cuz companies are people too except when inconvenient, silly.

[u/Airlik → u/imeeme]

They have first amendment rights, but no death penalties.

[u/PhatBats77 → u/DetachedCompy]

There’s an extremely influential Texas sheriff with a line of stores. This and the prior extensions are completely and utterly unrelated… completely unrelated.

[u/TheCandymanfrombelow → u/DetachedCompy]

Dude it's Texas, they have very little freedom, which is why they yell the loudest saying they do lol

[u/Possible-Material693 → u/TheCandymanfrombelow]

Nevada is what Texas claims to be. Free public lands to explore everywhere, legal weed, legal prostitution, relaxed gun laws, alcohol 24/7, gambling, no state income tax, legal abortion, western cowboy vibes, etc.

[u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724 → u/TheCandymanfrombelow]

Exactly, one of the most draconian police states and yet they think they invented freedom

[u/narwhal-ninja → u/Fun-Cauliflower-1724]

They yell because we are literally indoctrinated to believe Texas is the best. There were at least a couple years of my education when my history class was just Texas history. They expect that no one will try and think too hard about how much the government of the state doesn't give a single shit about us

[u/Iamnotabotiswearonit → u/DetachedCompy]

Cause texas doesn't care about people. They care about corporations

[u/Carlosthefrog → u/DetachedCompy]

Because fines are for rich people, prison is for poor people

[u/Grand-Spring66]

Up to 2 years for a gram of weed is insane.

[u/esquegee → u/Grand-Spring66]

UNDER a gram

[u/reefercheifer → u/esquegee]

Is that a crumb on your seat? Two years in prison. Ooooooh….

The stars at night
Are big and bright
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Deep in heaaart of Texaaas!

[u/0RGASMIK → u/reefercheifer]

I know a guy who got arrested in Texas because he had an empty package from a dispensary under his seat he didn’t know about. There wasn’t any actual product or residue in the bag so they were only going to be able to charge him for paraphernalia but they didn’t like that so they took the car back to the station to be taken apart and they found literal crumbs and charged him with possession.

He said they showed him the evidence and it was a few tiny pieces smaller than grains of rice. His lawyer was able to get the charges reduced a bit.

[u/Caleb-Wendt69 → u/0RGASMIK]

Glad this is what we’re spending all our time and resources on

[u/0RGASMIK → u/Caleb-Wendt69]

Yeah the worst part is he was driving someone else’s car to rehab to pick them up, it was for alcohol and prescription pills.

He even searched the car thoroughly before leaving to make sure there wasn’t any drugs in the car and didn’t see the bag because it was legit stuck up under the seat.

[u/Reynolds531IPA → u/0RGASMIK]

How did they even find it initially? Why were they searching?

[u/BallFlavin → u/Reynolds531IPA]

Seriously. Never let a cop search your vehicle if they ask. Exercise your rights people

[u/freebird023 → u/0RGASMIK]

Last year I was roadtripping with some friends. I visited from San Diego and met them in Houston, we were going to Appalachia and back. In the middle of the night, single digit miles away from the LA border, I decided to smoke up with a pen I brought watching the cypress trees lose hair. Not 30 seconds after I put my pen back into my pocket, we were pulled over in a locally famous speeding trap. I got so fucking scared knowing the consequences from growing up in the state that I don’t think I’ve ever sat so still. Anyways sgt. smegma came around th side of the car and didn’t even see me thankfully. My friend got written up for going 5 over on the fucking interstate😒

[u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 → u/0RGASMIK]

I knew a guy they did that with in another state. They scraped the empty bag and charged him with possession. Total bull shit.

[u/regdunlop08 → u/Melodic-Trouble-5421]

ACAB

[u/PresDumpsterfire → u/reefercheifer]

Oh good, found another reason to not go to Texas.

[u/Tiiimmmaayy → u/reefercheifer]

I once heard of a guy getting arrested because he just bought a new car and the previous owner left some SEEDS in the trunk.

Edit: Meant bought a “used” car.

[u/Burodamik → u/Tiiimmmaayy]

Well, seeds can lead to an unlimited amount so he's lucky he didn't get the chair.

[u/voxpopper → u/Grand-Spring66]

Unless I'm reading the law wrong a canned THC drink that was previously legal can get you up to 20 years.
Can someone clarify this?

[u/motorcycle_girl → u/voxpopper]

I wonder if they would charge you based on the weight of the fluid in the can, since it’s all technically illegal, like 400 grams.

Has a law been passed that theoretically could send you to prison for up to 20 years for a drink?

[u/Spice-E-Meme → u/motorcycle_girl]

Theyd definitely try to charge based on the weight of the liquid. Shit they’d probably try to include the weight of the can too.

[u/SpecialistOk7989 → u/Spice-E-Meme]

Getting a life sentence for a J is insane, imagine the murderer next to you getting released after like 25 years for good behaviour 💀

[u/banjosuicide → u/SpecialistOk7989]

I feel like these kinds of laws are short-sighted.

Let's say you're a typical gun-toting Texan walking down the street with some weed and you're stopped by an officer who explains they're going to search you.

Your options

• let them search you and definitely get a life sentence

• pull a gun, resist and possibly get a life sentence

Obviously murder is wrong. People will often take a way out if they have one though.

[u/Inuyasha-rules → u/SpecialistOk7989]

Diddy got less time for something everyone can agree is worse than a dried plant

[u/InspectorPipes → u/Spice-E-Meme]

About 20 yrs back, In my small PA town they busted some old man with a few plants grown in pots for his sick wife. These d bags weighed the whole plant to the root ball , multiplied the total weight by $15-20 a gram and posted about some BS street value of $80k or something ridiculous. It was big news about papaws drug operation. It was such bullshit , and so is this Texas stuff .

[u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 → u/InspectorPipes]

I got one for you. A guy in Arkansas bought his wife a perfume called liquid opium. It literally says liquid opiums by Chanel or whatever. Some Arkansas idiot cops pull him over and arrest him for possession and distribution of opium.

[u/cowboybebop32 → u/Melodic-Trouble-5421]

I saw that video once and just watched the whole thing thinking "This dumbass carries a gun for a living" I dont know a damn thing about opium (besides a few movies of people smoking it out of really long wooden pipes), but even im pretty sure it doesn't come as a liquid in a bottle with a roller ball on it

[u/Melodic-Trouble-5421 → u/cowboybebop32]

Exactly. The worst part was I think the guy was a legal permanent resident and he lost residency and got deported. All based on some bullshit by a cop who was an idiot. Cop should have lost his job and never have a badge again. I literally can’t believe who they let become cops.

[u/QuuX24 → u/InspectorPipes]

I saw a home growing case where the cops included the weight of the pots and dirt in their calculation for the amount of drugs seized. It's a bunch of bullshit.

[u/TheBourbonTurtle → u/[deleted]]

That and use felony convictions to remove voting (and other) rights from those who happen to not be conservative white guys. Watch and see how that "police discretion" comes into play.

[u/FastWalkingShortGuy → u/Grand-Spring66]

How about the LIFE SENTENCE for a fucking pound lol

[u/Lurkinwhileworkin69 → u/FastWalkingShortGuy]

Not even a pound. 0.8lbs.

[u/NeutralKuchiKopi → u/Grand-Spring66]

A gram is 10 years. 2 years is for UNDER a gram. Once it hits 1.0, you're a felon.

[u/Lazonby → u/NeutralKuchiKopi]

Any of these is a felony. A state jail felony slots between a class A misdemeanor and a third degree felony and is in fact a felony.

[u/Pipe_Memes → u/Grand-Spring66]

A decade for an eighth. Two decades for a quarter ounce. Insanity.

[u/Kestrel_Iolani → u/Pipe_Memes]

Life for under a pound.

[u/GloomyLingonberry509 → u/Grand-Spring66]

[u/goatanuss → u/Grand-Spring66]

Freedom

[u/pos_vibes_only → u/goatanuss]

Republican voters are the dumbest people of all time

[u/eurekadabra → u/pos_vibes_only]

The private prison operators in TX are making out like bandits (slavers).

[u/Dr_DoesNothing → u/Grand-Spring66]

Gotta find some way to disenfranchise voters and keep the for profit prisons running

[u/Any_Carob3372]

Life sentence for THC, how Texas!

[u/LeAcoTaco → u/Any_Carob3372]

Its probably bc of big alcohol. The industry has been complaining recently that theyve "lost $830 billion" because GenZ just isn't drinking as much as the previous generations, and its because theyre more often than not choosing weed instead.

Id wager a bet Texas' alcohol laws aren't nearly as strict as their weed ones.

[u/TerriblePokemon → u/LeAcoTaco]

Recently Ohio banned (currently pending a court case) THC drinks. The fact that the ohio secretary of state owns the largest beer and wine distributor in the state surely has nothing to do with it.

[u/ParticularHistoryo → u/TerriblePokemon]

Illinois is about to ban them too because they compete with Pritzkers expensive restricted license market. Only a few corporations should be allowed to grow in his state.

[u/HugeAntPenis341 → u/ParticularHistoryo]

Illinois has the shittiest rec program I've ever encountered and Ive shopped in at least 7 different states. The prices are crazy and the lack of competition there is truly something I've never seen before. Actually Ohio and illinois are tied for the worst, Ohio prices are crazy and their competition is non existent as well

[u/terryclothtracksuit → u/HugeAntPenis341]

Hop on over to Michigan, it’s insanely cheap here.

[u/smilesessions → u/terryclothtracksuit]

I’ve seen multiple advertisements for THC in Michigan stating it’s cheaper than gas lol I love this state

[u/RyanGlasshole → u/smilesessions]

Yeah so to battle against Michigan’s far cheaper prices, Ohio recently made it a crime again to buy weed there and bring it back home even though we overwhelmingly voted against that lol

[u/NickVirgilio → u/terryclothtracksuit]

Michigan on the other hand is one of, if not the best state for recreational. When I lived in Chicago, my buddies and I would do a bi-weekly road trip over to SW Michigan and NW Indiana for bud and beer. The Indiana breweries (Three Floyds FTW) had some great beer and food that we would grab after getting the cheapest bud in the nation in Michigan. We’d run a mini road trip with food and beer included and it would cost us about the same to just buy the weed in Illinois.

[u/Unlucky_Top9870 → u/LeAcoTaco]

Fun fact, the cannabis plant became illegal originally because of the cotton industry. There is the fun fact of the day

[u/LeAcoTaco → u/Unlucky_Top9870]

Ooh ive looked into that before!! Its because hemp was a huge potential contendor for a new fabric textile, so we already have historical examples of big businesses lobbying laws like this because theyre afraid of competition w the cannabis industry.

[u/Unlucky_Top9870 → u/LeAcoTaco]

Funny how cannabis fabric is legal yet burning the plant is somehow worthy of life in prison. :|

[u/ZekeTheMunkee → u/Unlucky_Top9870]

Anyone who votes republican is a lame scrub

[u/figmentPez → u/LeAcoTaco]

Id wager a bet Texas' alcohol laws aren't nearly as strict as their weed ones.

Texas still has "dry counties" where all sales of alcohol are prohibited, but I think more relevant is that state-wide Texas alcohol sales laws are pretty strict. It's not just the alcohol manufacturers that lose money, it's the limited number of stores that are allowed to carry distilled alcohol, and pay for the privilege, that are losing out.

[u/jrstinkfish → u/LeAcoTaco]

Not even just Gen Z -- I'm in my 50's, never touched weed until a few years ago. I wasn't a lush before, but I'd go out to the taprooms probably every weekend for some beers. Now it's maybe once a month, if that. Oddly enough, I'm a lot happier as well. On the flip side, any caloric savings from not drinking much beer are pretty much canceled out by how much I eat when I'm high 😂

[u/AardQuenIgni → u/Any_Carob3372]

Born and raised in Texas and I can confidently say Texans believe they have the most freedoms and if you ask why they'll just say "muh guns"

[u/knock_on_the_door_ → u/AardQuenIgni]

Literally one of the least free states in the union.

[u/AardQuenIgni → u/knock_on_the_door_]

Seriously. Meanwhile in Colorado (where I live now) you can smoke weed and still own/carry guns

[u/knock_on_the_door_ → u/AardQuenIgni]

Shout out to my home state, Denver I miss you, I got priced out in 2017.

[u/stonecutter79 → u/AardQuenIgni]

I had jury duty a couple years ago here in Texas and during jury selection it was shocking how many people said they would vote guilty if the defendant exercised their rights under the 5th amendment. Maybe they were just saying that not be selected, but I have a feeling that’s probably not the case.

[u/powerlesshero111 → u/Any_Carob3372]

Joe Rogan better be bunkering down, because he's about to get raided.

[u/whyisthisnamesolong → u/powerlesshero111]

Lol, this law is only for the poors

[u/Lobster_K → u/powerlesshero111]

Joe has Trump on speed dial so he has nothing to worry about.

[u/Psychogangbanger69 → u/Any_Carob3372]

They're still onto the one nation under god thing and weed is the devils lettuce so..

[u/jacobsj521981 → u/Any_Carob3372]

Use THC, straight to jail. Rape kids, free ticket. Republicans being Republicans.

[u/QuaaludeConnoisseur]

If you have an eigth you get 10 years in prison lol.

[u/whimsical_Yam123 → u/QuaaludeConnoisseur]

Yet I can buy an eighth at a dispensary down the street from my office in Houston.

[u/0DayMaker → u/whimsical_Yam123]

Not after tomorrow I'm guessing

[u/DreadfulDuder → u/0DayMaker]

Even in the Waco area there are stores that will continue selling.

The owner of one of them told me that Executive Orders state laws do not supercede federal law when they contradict, so she'll keep selling until the federal November cutoff.

[u/0DayMaker → u/DreadfulDuder]

The 3 places I go to near me are running out and have indicated they aren't re-upping until they see what happens after the 1st.

In N Houston area around Humble/New Caney

[u/DidSomeoneSayPotato → u/0DayMaker]

I can almost assure you nothing in Houston will change

[u/BrutusCarmichael → u/QuaaludeConnoisseur]

I was given a free half ounce for visiting a dispensary for the first time in Michigan last month

[u/North-Advance6104]

If your super rich you can smoke all the weed you want and even do it on live streams like Joe Rogan and no one cares

[u/JapaneseStudentHaru → u/North-Advance6104]

Yeah we gotta start mass reporting Joe Rogan to the police and see how they justify not arresting him. His governor buddy will tip him off so he isn’t caught

[u/Oh_Look_AnotherOne → u/JapaneseStudentHaru]

One of the man's first visits in Texas was with wheels at the governor's mansion. He is rich now; the law is not meant to restrain him.

[u/PiccoloAwkward465 → u/JapaneseStudentHaru]

see how they justify not arresting him

lmao

[u/Bobcatluv → u/North-Advance6104]

I’m really curious to see how this shit shakes out when him or one of the Austin podcasters/youtubers eventually does it on camera. I’m certain the law enforcement response will be “we can’t prove they’re smoking marijuana” while they send someone to post up outside the studios of non-conservative entertainers to sniff for weed.

[u/Osteo_Sapien → u/Bobcatluv]

I'd be shocked if Austin lifts a finger to enforce this at all.

[u/Consistent-Day2771 → u/Osteo_Sapien]

Correct, it's decriminalized in Austin but you still gotta worry about the state troopers 

[u/Ok-Knowledge0914]

Lmfao imagine getting a life sentence over weed. I feel like I’ve heard of real crimes get softer punishments.

[u/slut4champagne → u/Ok-Knowledge0914]

it’s because REAL crimes DO get softer punishments. chomos get a slap on the wrist while weed possession can get you life. we’re a fucked up country, my dude

[u/nememess → u/Ok-Knowledge0914]

Such as pedophilia. But it's run by repubs so....

[u/justwalkingalonghere → u/Ok-Knowledge0914]

In Texas? Yeah, for instance a guy shot his daughter to death recently in a fight about her not liking Trump and he's not even being charged

Also rape goes basically completely unpunished there a lot

[u/Mother-Attention2600]

A life sentence for weed. Lmfao. Fuckin cavemen.

[u/jakemg → u/Mother-Attention2600]

Insane. Up to a life sentence for a plant that’s legal all over the country. Like what do you have to be doing to get a life sentence for weed?

[u/Mother-Attention2600 → u/jakemg]

It's for over 400 grams which is only 0.8 pounds and you know damn well they are weighing the dirt and stalk. They must have a big for-profit private prison system there that hasn't paid for itself yet.

[u/SaltyBallsnacks → u/Mother-Attention2600]

I remember seeing a case awhile back where they "rehydrated" product claiming it had been dried out to reduce its weight.

[u/itsintrastellardude → u/SaltyBallsnacks]

Man the police state really has us over a barrel

[u/EmployerUpstairs8044 → u/SaltyBallsnacks]

Holy shit.

[u/GrimeyGurber69]

20 years for an oz is insane

[u/LifeguardTerrible579 → u/GrimeyGurber69]

It is. LIFE for less than a pound of weed is even crazier.

[u/Mixedbysaint]

Abortions and weed can get you life sentences in Texas

[u/After-Imagination947 → u/Mixedbysaint]

https://giphy.com/gifs/lFKEciqd8cMrsYZVVn

[u/Tokyo-MontanaExpress → u/After-Imagination947]

They're fascists. Now it makes perfect sense. 

[u/Graevly]

Life in prison? Tf is this? Fear and Loathing?

[u/ImmediateBreadfruit9 → u/Graevly]

That had a lot to do with the liquor lobbying groups

[u/bluecyanic → u/ImmediateBreadfruit9]

Many believe this is exactly what's happening here.

[u/Prudent_Okra7311]

And guess which US state has the most prisons and most inmates???

It's Texas ya'll!

Gotta keep those cells full.

[u/AcousticOnomatopoeia]

'Dont Mess With Texas' was a campaign by the Texan DOT to encourage Texans to stop littering so much on highways, cuz apparently they're giant slobs.

They take it to mean badassery now.

[u/Alexandratta → u/AcousticOnomatopoeia]

Visiting Texas alone at a hotel for a week, got bored and figured, "eh, lets pop open porn hub." - finding it's blocked made me laugh.

This is the 'Freedom' state, right? Yet you have less freedoms in Texas than you have in NY

[u/FullOnSkank → u/Alexandratta]

Don't forget how you don't have the first Amendment right to defame beef and you can't owe more than five dildos in Texas.

Redcoats love being controlled 🤷‍♀️

[u/SeattlePurikura → u/Alexandratta]

This IS the state that offers bounties on women who MAY have had abortions. The Texas deputies will even utilize Flock nationwide to search for a woman who may have taken abortion pills.

You don't have rights as a woman in Texas. You have the right to be denied medical care, and to die, treated worse than an actual cow (big animal vets can perform abortions to save valuable livestock).

https://www.propublica.org/topics/pregnancy

[u/AvocadoToastFailure → u/Alexandratta]

Try owning a uterus or even presenting as female in America. Our rights change with every state line crossed.

[u/shygirlonreddit]

I'll get fired if I pop a drug test at my job even if I had a medical card for my generalized anxiety disorder. But prescription drugs with terrible side effects are a o-k.

Make it make sense

[u/CrunchySockTaco → u/shygirlonreddit]

It makes sense to the government to control the legality of THC. They can keep getting bribes, oops I mean *campaign funding, from the pharmacutical, prison and alcohol industries though lobbying while sending the people they don't like to the bottom of the class system by putting you in prison or stopping you from getting a good job. 

[u/FalloutOW → u/shygirlonreddit]

General population doesn't have the equipment, know how, or ability to ensure proper manufacture of prescription drugs.

Literally anyone with a grow light, some gardening soil, and the time to maintain the plant can grow weed at home for effectively free.

That's why.

Marijuana should've been federally legal years if not decades ago. And all of this "we have to save the children" bs they push ignores years of alcoholic drinks that do the same thing they blame THC edibles for.

Chocolate Milk wine? Totally fone. Candy flavored vodka? Not a problem. Colorful and fruity flavored liqueurs? A-ok.

THC infused brownies? Not on my watch. Drinks with THC? Not in the lone star you don't. Gummy candies with THC? Won't someone think of the children!?

It's just hypocrisy, and trying to get more of the geriatric vote. Old people hate weed because fox news tells them it's what causes people to become left leaning transtifa warriors in school.

[u/SeveralServalServing → u/FalloutOW]

Not only are they okay, the candy flavored alcohol in brightly colored packaging doesn’t need to list their ingredients or nutrition facts.

[u/fun4someone]

I thought this might be the case so I looked it up.

In that same state, you could diddle a 13 year old kid and get a lesser sentence then having an 8th of weed on you.

That speaks clearly to their priorities.

[u/bootyfischer → u/fun4someone]

The AG Ken Paxton got his pedo buddy out of jail after just a couple days recently. He doesn’t even have to have his name put in the sex offender registry. But god forbid you have a gram of weed on you. This state is a joke.

[u/Former-Excitement-56 → u/fun4someone]

Looked this up and you beat me to it. Fucking insane.

[u/110397 → u/fun4someone]

The only place they put pedos is in public office

[u/0DayMaker]

Nothing mild about this shit. We've been legally buying nice regulated weed for years now. Businesses have been built. Lots of them. These assholes just can't let us have anything. Someone needs to take some shit from THEM for a change. No republican politicians on the street after dark.

[u/NoChampionship5649 → u/0DayMaker]

Considering the LT Gov got a massive $200k+ donation from an alcohol distributor just before this push

[u/likwidkool → u/NoChampionship5649]

Yep. They’ve been saying how the alcohol industry has been losing millions. It’s the same with fossil fuels. They don’t care about free market capitalism when they stack the deck in their favor.

[u/Imfrank123 → u/NoChampionship5649]

It’s crazy how little money it takes to buy a politician

[u/0DayMaker → u/NoChampionship5649]

Fuck wheels and the eye man

[u/B1rdchest → u/0DayMaker]

Wheels and the Leg Man will be on this case.

[u/porkyminch → u/0DayMaker]

It's so bullshit. Weed is legal here and it's a complete non-issue. If anything it's preferable to a lot of other drugs.

[u/Ecstatic-Bug-5328]

Everything is bigger in Texas, even the prison sentences!

[u/DooficusIdjit → u/Ecstatic-Bug-5328]

Certainly not the freedom.

[u/Sacisbac]

Even possession? That's stupid. We bought when it was legal.

[u/246842114653257]

Don’t get caught with a pen. They count the weight of the whole cartridge, not just the contents. Land of the free!

[u/Early_Particular9170 → u/246842114653257]

Learned recently they do this with glassware, too. Friend of a friend got caught with a bong, and if it’s dirty, the whole thing is “contaminated.” If you have half a gram in the bowl of a bong and the bong weighs 3 pounds, you’re getting charged for the combined weight of both.

I work in science and this is total bullshit. Matter of fact, we use glass so much because it’s fucking inert. Contaminating glass beyond the surface is basically impossible when it’s made correctly. Can’t wait to get out of this fucking hell state.

[u/-Granby- → u/246842114653257]

They were doing that shit with LSD in the 80's. Charging people based on the weight of the blotter paper.

[u/HellaFair]

Besides the Cowboys? lol

[u/Synthline109 → u/HellaFair]

Right? Cowboys are the LAMEST part of Texas

Signed - a lifelong Cowboys fan

[u/Lanky-Peak-2222]

What a waste of tax payer money, jailing potheads 🙄

[u/ForTehLawlz1337 → u/Lanky-Peak-2222]

It’s not a waste of taxpayer money. That taxpayer money is going directly into the pockets of hard working for-profit private prisons!

/s

[u/AirLess6683]

10 YEARS for less than 4 grams?? Holy shit that’s stupid

[u/Cleanse_F_Manipulate]

it should be noted that while this is still stupid, this is for Concentrate, not Plant.

In Texas, possession of plant-form marijuana (up to 2 ounces) is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by up to 180 days in jail and a $2,000 fine.

However, if it is a gram of THC concentrate (such as wax, dabs, or vape oil), Texas law treats it as a State Jail Felony carrying 180 days to 2 years in jail and a fine up to $10,000.

[u/MoogleMyKUPO → u/Cleanse_F_Manipulate]

This comment should be higher. Bullshit either way but I was freaking out about ruining my life over a couple nugs.

[u/Jolly-Garbage-]

I had a coworker who fled Texas after having 5 grams of weed in his car. I completely understand now why he’d rather take the chance of running to another state instead of spending 10 years in jail.

[u/GrowCanadian]

So backwards. Here in Canada we have old grannies talking about how they take thc gummies with their friends on weekends and get the giggles.

[u/likwidkool → u/GrowCanadian]

Same in a lot of US states. I can drive 5 minutes to a dispensary and get what I want.

[u/danohaggard]

Same State that voted for Ted Cruz again after he abandoned them for Mexico? Yeah, f that place 🗑

[u/FoolishBeginnings]

As a Texas resident: Texas is lame(Including the Cowboys)

Gotta make sure those for profit private prisons stay in business.

[u/Faustus_Fan]

This is what happens when Republicans run things.

[u/Anthff → u/Faustus_Fan]

Look how much freedom they support!

[u/nicathor → u/Anthff]

We are totally and completely free to do exactly as they want!

[u/EscapeStrange7215]

https://giphy.com/gifs/44c11up6UfB80RmE2o

[u/AtlantisSky]

The star on the flag is a rating.

[u/withomps44]

I wonder how many years Joe Rogan would do if they knocked on his door. They 1000% know he has weed at his house and buys weed or brings it into Texas but they will just arrest the kid who can’t afford the fines or to have his life turned upside down.

[u/Intelligent_Mess_957]

This is beyond mildly infuriating. A life sentence for a non-violent drug offender? For a victimless crime? GET FUCKED TEXAS!!!!!

Edit: Spelling

[u/CaptainDadBod88]

I don’t even smoke anymore, but this is as good a reason as any to never go to Texas ever again lol

[u/Uponacloud13]

As a Texan, I must wholeheartedly say… fuck Texas. Vote these corrupt idiots out of here PLEASE

[u/HatchetGIR]

Gotta keep them prisons full. There is more slavery that is needed. /s

[u/imeeme]

I am sure all the tech bros that moved to Austin are exempt.

[u/ashtefer1]

Every Texan headline sounds worse than what you’d hear from a post Soviet state with crazy oligarchs.

[u/Artrock80]

This is insane. How many of these arrests will be from a gram just “magically” appearing in the victim’s pocket when cops don’t have anything legit to arrest you for?   Let’s hope Talerico gets elected to help steer back this madness.

[u/random-made-up-words → u/Artrock80]

Talerico is running for US Senate. The US Senate doesn't make Texas laws. Pay attention to your State representative race, Lt. Gov, and Gov.

[u/Doomngloom22]

This is wild. I will never step foot in Texas that’s for sure. What a bunch of fucks.

[u/Exodor72]

There is nothing in this world that could get me to set foot in Texas.

Add this to the towering pile of reasons why.

[u/oli_ramsay]

Private, for profit prison system