May 22May 22 1 minute ago, Captainant said: War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength. Texas: “Your ideas are intriguing to me and I wish to subscribe to your newsletter.”
May 22May 22 Terri Leo-Wilson is also a huge Karen who claimed they almost watched her daughter die from THC addiction Lady, your daughter has about a 3000000x higher chance of being killed by a drunk driver on the road.
May 22May 22 2 minutes ago, Js1 said: Terri Leo-Wilson is also a huge Karen who claimed they almost watched her daughter die from THC addiction Lady, your daughter has about a 3000000x higher chance of being killed by a drunk driver on the road. idk if you'd die from THC addiction, but you can 100% OD on taco bell 4th meals
May 22May 22 3 minutes ago, Captainant said: idk if you'd die from THC addiction, but you can 100% OD on taco bell 4th meals But somehow we have a guy in this country that’s immune to McD’s.
May 22May 22 2 minutes ago, royiv said: But somehow we have a guy in this country that’s immune to McD’s. a lifetime of abuse has led to heretofore unseen tolerance levels. tragic, really
May 22May 22 Those legal weed shops can be found in just about every shopping center in the state. A lot of commercial property owners are about to have some space to fill. Edited May 22May 22 by Hammerin Hank
May 22May 22 32 minutes ago, Js1 said: Oh don't worry, they do that with legalized gambling too Can you imagine how much money would stay *in* Texas, in the forms of taxes, if Texas legalized gambling and marijuana? I'm sure New Mexico, Oklahoma, Colorado and Louisiana are loving this decision. More out of state tax money What would they do with it? Spend it on education? Rural healthcare? Clean air and water? Lulz. They would stuff it in the Rainy Day fund never to be seen again, or figure out a way to funnel it to supporters. "Was your oil company harmed by the woke agenda or AOC's green new deal? Here's $100M in compensation from the state's coffers". Edited May 22May 22 by Pescado_Rojo
May 22May 22 1 hour ago, BrickHorn said: Doubling the prison term for possession is insane. Over the past few decades, the reasonable world has realized that incarceration for simple drug possession is a massive injustice and detriment to society. Of course our idiot state government doubles down on one of the stupidest policy mistakes of the modern era. Is it insane? Or does it absolutely satisfy a key policy goal of the Republican party: ensuring that minorities lose the right to vote (due to criminal conviction) at a pace that VASTLY outpaces white people? Because the facts are pretty clear: 1) rates of marijuana USE are similar, and 2) rates of arrests for possession are around FOUR TIMES HIGHER for minority users. Because the mythology is reality in MAGA-land: 1 hour ago, SydneyCarton said: I'll attack this idiocy from another angle: The Pro Business Party is cutting of billions in revenue. 8 billion in taxable revenue, employs 1.6 billion going towards 50k employable people (which is also taxed), and also the downstream effects on the hemp farmers, no matter what patrick says about just banning "high" he's reducing the crops of the farmers. Oh, and the shuttering of probably hundreds of small businesses. https://www.cannabissciencetech.com/view/economic-report-shows-texas-cannabis-businesses-surpassing-8b-in-revenue Shooting ourselves in the dick, destroying our future economically, educationally, environmentally, and in every other possible way is MUCH more important than any of your math-y bullshit. Duh.
May 22May 22 1 hour ago, Iceman said: Also have heard the alcohol lobbies financially back this roadblock as hard as anyone else this is it right here. follow the money
May 22May 22 1 hour ago, Iceman said: Also have heard the alcohol lobbies financially back this roadblock as hard as anyone else Say it ain’t so, Tito. 😉
May 22May 22 I'm not boycotting alcohol. You're on your own, MJ afficionados. But yeah, the process overall is broken. Bigtime.
May 22May 22 5 minutes ago, Iceman said: I'm not boycotting alcohol. You're on your own, MJ afficionados. But yeah, the process overall is broken. Bigtime. No one should be asking, or god forbid, forcing you to boycott alcohol because someone else decided it doesn’t fit with their morality.
May 22May 22 9 minutes ago, Js1 said: No one should be asking, or god forbid, forcing you to boycott alcohol because someone else decided it doesn’t fit with their morality. We tried alcohol prohibition before. Too many white people got caught up in it. Can't have that.
May 22May 22 3 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: We tried alcohol prohibition before. Too many white people got caught up in it. Can't have that. Man most every white republican I know is pissed off about this.
May 22May 22 14 minutes ago, Js1 said: No one should be asking, or god forbid, forcing you to boycott alcohol because someone else decided it doesn’t fit with their morality. 4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said: We tried alcohol prohibition before. Too many white people got caught up in it. Can't have that. Don't worry, we're going to try it again.
May 22May 22 1 minute ago, huge said: Man most every white republican I know is pissed off about this. They need to get on board. It ain't about weed at all -- they'll be able to smoke and pop all the gummies they want. It's about control, feeding the prison complex, and making sure black and brown people lose the right to vote forever. Weed is just the vehicle to accomplish those goals. They won't actually use it against white folks, no worries there.
May 22May 22 2 minutes ago, huge said: Man most every white republican I know is pissed off about this. They should vote differently then in 18 months
May 22May 22 1 hour ago, Pescado_Rojo said: What would they do with it? Spend it on education? Rural healthcare? Clean air and water? Paxton's legal defense fund.
May 22May 22 4 minutes ago, Js1 said: They should vote differently then in 18 months would it change this or are Dems complicit in the process as well? https://www.texasstandard.org/stories/why-texas-does-not-have-citizen-led-ballot-referendums/ I'm not generally a single-issue voter, but pot pulls me over that way? LOL. No. I don't believe so. Edited May 22May 22 by Iceman
May 22May 22 Of course not. Because your outrage is bullshit. You like the rest of the control, when it doesn’t affect you.
May 22May 22 Seeing some friends this week and the husband is a huge weed fan. Can't wait to hear how this actually isn't the R's fault.
May 22May 22 8 minutes ago, Js1 said: Of course not. Because your outrage is bullshit. You like the rest of the control, when it doesn’t affect you. LOLz. wut? I've been pro legalization for a long time. Chasing possession and related 'transgressions' are a fool's errand. Beyond that, not sure what I control or could influence. Evidently, it's up to one person. Edited May 22May 22 by Iceman
May 22May 22 4 minutes ago, kevwun said: Seeing some friends this week and the husband is a huge weed fan. Can't wait to hear how this actually isn't the R's fault. See 2 posts up lol
May 22May 22 2 hours ago, BrickHorn said: Doubling the prison term for possession is insane. Over the past few decades, the reasonable world has realized that incarceration for simple drug possession is a massive injustice and detriment to society. Of course our idiot state government doubles down on one of the stupidest policy mistakes of the modern era. It doesn’t double the prison term for possession. It creates a new offense for edibles, previously edibles were charged by weight which resulted in felonies for brownies. Having said that, fuck dan Patrick, fuck this bill, fuck everything about that shitty debate I saw last night with people just straight up lying.
May 22May 22 2 hours ago, Js1 said: Terri Leo-Wilson is also a huge Karen who claimed they almost watched her daughter die from THC addiction Lady, your daughter has about a 3000000x higher chance of being killed by a drunk driver on the road. Her whole speech last night was such bullshit. Everyone who voted for her in Galveston should be forced to watch that crap.
May 22May 22 2 hours ago, Brisketexan said: Shooting ourselves in the dick, destroying our future economically, educationally, environmentally, and in every other possible way is MUCH more important than any of your math-y bullshit. Duh. Soooooooooooooo fucking glad I got out of this fucking state...
May 22May 22 51 minutes ago, Iceman said: LOLz. wut? I've been pro legalization for a long time. Chasing possession and related 'transgressions' are a fool's errand. Beyond that, not sure what I control or could influence. Evidently, it's up to one person. Lmao I love watching slorch just entirely miss the point like this. Sometimes I feel like it'd be great to just have nothing in between my ears so I could care about nothing.
May 22May 22 48 minutes ago, hornbri said: It doesn’t double the prison term for possession. It creates a new offense for edibles, previously edibles were charged by weight which resulted in felonies for brownies. Having said that, fuck dan Patrick, fuck this bill, fuck everything about that shitty debate I saw last night with people just straight up lying. I believe she said she saw edibles that were 90% THC. First, bullshit. Second, where? Uhh, for research purposes. Then the whole concentration camp comments. The fuck was that? Her daughter had an allergic reaction to cannabis. So, it’s only natural to ban it for everyone. I’m allergic to penicillin. Sorry, folks. It needs to go. Edit: my post was supposed to be to your response to Leo-Wilson’s speech. Edited May 22May 22 by Radical Larry Guess I need a gummy.
May 22May 22 I wonder how much money big Pharma threw at this? As a fiscally conservative, white, Christian... this is such a pile of horse shit. Let's keep wasting money on enforcement and incarceration for this when you could come into the 21st century and legalize it. This is a battle Texas should not fight.
May 22May 22 19 minutes ago, Brian Fantana said: Lmao I love watching slorch just entirely miss the point like this. Sometimes I feel like it'd be great to just have nothing in between my ears so I could care about nothing. so you don't have an answer either. I'll ask again per Js1's post, " What control do i enjoy?" Edited May 22May 22 by Iceman
May 22May 22 4 hours ago, Iceman said: Hell, even 44% of the hard cores support legalization. Why doesn't the issue ever hit to ballot? https://www.cannabisbusinesstimes.com/us-states/texas/news/15736551/62-of-texans-support-adultuse-cannabis-legalization-including-majority-of-republicans The answer, in part, falls in the "born-again protestant" line of your chart, which has the lowest numbers of any cohort on the chart. Those folks vote at a higher rate than others, and when they do, they vote for pieces of human waste like Patrick. There are folks in this thread who acknowledge that they belong to this group of people, but they just can't understand why this is happening. Those folks need to wake the fuck up. It's the people in your pew who are fucking this state right back into the late 19th century.
May 22May 22 33 minutes ago, Samson's Wig said: The answer, in part, falls in the "born-again protestant" line of your chart, which has the lowest numbers of any cohort on the chart. Those folks vote at a higher rate than others, and when they do, they vote for pieces of human waste like Patrick. There are folks in this thread who acknowledge that they belong to this group of people, but they just can't understand why this is happening. Those folks need to wake the fuck up. It's the people in your pew who are fucking this state right back into the late 19th century. I know I just outed myself as Christian, but don't assume that people who identify as such all vote Republican, myself included.
May 22May 22 2 minutes ago, BonzoMontreaux said: I know I just outed myself as Christian, but don't assume that people who identify as such all vote Republican, myself included. I don't. A little less than half of Democrats consider themselves Christian, and a bit more than half of Republicans do. Christianity, in the broad sense, is not a political designator. I was writing specifically about evangelicals, and more specifically, the 56% of them who oppose legalizing marijuana (the number from the chart quoted above).
May 22May 22 1 hour ago, BonzoMontreaux said: I know I just outed myself as Christian, but don't assume that people who identify as such all vote Republican, myself included. He wasn't talking about Christians; he was talking about "born again protestants."
May 22May 22 2 hours ago, BonzoMontreaux said: I wonder how much money big Pharma threw at this? This plus the CBD lobby which is conveniently exempt from a ban under this bill.
May 22May 22 2 hours ago, Beau Vine said: Soooooooooooooo fucking glad I got out of this fucking state... Considering your post, and the fact you're a professor, I would assume you would take unending delight in being able to say "THAT fucking state."
May 22May 22 A lot of marijuana users, or just people who value freedom are just going to move away from Texas to a state where its legal. Those people vote in large numbers for Democrats. Those talking about the lost revenue or whatever arent considering that it's a small price to pay for them to get millions of Democrats to leave the state
May 22May 22 17 minutes ago, MrBig said: This plus the CBD lobby which is conveniently exempt from a ban under this bill. <Johnny Carson>I did not know that.</Johnny Carson>
May 22May 22 12 minutes ago, cmontexas said: A lot of marijuana users, or just people who value freedom are just going to move away from Texas to a state where its legal. Those people vote in large numbers for Democrats. Those talking about the lost revenue or whatever arent considering that it's a small price to pay for them to get millions of Democrats to leave the state A massive chunk of people can't afford to move out of this state. Most of America can't afford missing 2 paychecks.
May 22May 22 21 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said: Considering your post, and the fact you're a professor, I would assume you would take unending delight in being able to say "THAT fucking state." I’m not a professor but I also take unending delight in doing the same
May 22May 22 3 hours ago, Beau Vine said: Soooooooooooooo fucking glad I got out of this fucking state... so are we lololol. Sorry just seemed appropriate Kidding though
May 22May 22 I seriously doubt many people will move because of this nonsense. Instead they will just change where they vacation and bring home stockpiles of weed. And they will stock up over the next few months.
May 22May 22 16 minutes ago, HookEm said: I seriously doubt many people will move because of this nonsense. Instead they will just change where they vacation and bring home stockpiles of weed. And they will stock up over the next few months. Hehehe... I am headed to Washington state this year.
May 22May 22 20 minutes ago, HookEm said: I seriously doubt many people will move because of this nonsense. Instead they will just change where they vacation and bring home stockpiles of weed. And they will stock up over the next few months. I fully expect this to include and uptick in enforcement, both at borders and outside airports.
May 22May 22 It is simultaneously funny and fucked up that New Mexico advertises weed in Amarillo when you are headed west on I-40. Not the mountains for skiing. Not the arts in Santa Fe. Fucking weed. LOL.
May 22May 22 5 minutes ago, Iceman said: It is simultaneously funny and fucked up that New Mexico advertises weed in Amarillo when you are headed west on I-40. Not the mountains for skiing. Not the arts in Santa Fe. Fucking weed. LOL. Different financial demographics, imo. Some folks know they can't afford to ski. But they'll drive 75 miles once a month to buy weed.
May 22May 22 Well, if any of y’all are in need, holler. Sittin on a fat pile of top shelf. I’d love to personally give a tour of my spaces to ol Wheels and Patrick.
May 22May 22 I’ve never been a huge weed guy, but I learned a few years back that D8 gummies help with sleep and with restless legs. Looks like I’ll be taking a trip or two a year to New Mexico. (party of freedom and personal liberty strikes yet again)
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