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Texas governor vetoes bill that would ban all THC products

Phys251 said:

Finally, something sensible coming out of Texas. Now they need to lift their ban on marijuana products.
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www.texastribune.org

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

"Abbott urged lawmakers to consider an approach similar to the way alcohol is regulated, recommending potential rules including barring the sale and marketing of THC products to minors, requiring testing throughout the production and manufacturing process, allowing local governments to prohibit stores selling THC products and providing law enforcement with additional funding to enforce the restrictions."

Abbott was taking fire from all sides. He called the state legislature back to an emergency session in July, apparently it will draft a new law making it similar to how alcohol is handled.

Dan Patrick is pissed
 
Ikari said:
I think more and more states are moving towards decriminalization. There's a lot of money in the weed business.
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Sure is.
ohiocapitaljournal.com

Ohio weed costs double Michigan's, but lawmakers want to make it even more expensive • Ohio Capital Journal

Marijuana in Ohio costs more than double that of Michigan, yet state lawmakers want to make it even more expensive and less potent.
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It's amazing how much more difficult it to ship and sell something when that border is crossed.
Must be an infrastructure thing or something. :cautious:
 
Ikari said:
I think more and more states are moving towards decriminalization. There's a lot of money in the weed business.
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The state I live in has legal recreational marijuana and the total tax revenues for 2024 was over $255 million.
And the high, before more surrounding states made it legal was in 2021 when the tax revenues were over $425 million.
Even the red states are seeing the revenue benefits.
 
Good
 
Ikari said:
I think more and more states are moving towards decriminalization. There's a lot of money in the weed business.
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Decriminalization is the worst thing imaginable because it creates second class citizens.
Possession and use of small amounts may not be a crime but as long as it is still on the state books as technically illegal, a good many states
refuse to allow cardholders to

Own a firearm
Pilot license
Commercial driver's license
Teaching credentials
and some two or three dozen other restrictions.

It must be legalized 100%, just like BEER.

If we want to decriminalize something, try decriminalizing being undocumented but with no criminal record.
 
Phys251 said:

Finally, something sensible coming out of Texas. Now they need to lift their ban on marijuana products.
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Marijuana use can present a range of physical, mental, and social issues. Some common concerns include potential impacts on brain development, respiratory health, and mental well-being, including increased risk of psychosis and addiction. Furthermore, marijuana use can affect coordination, memory, and cognitive function, and may have negative cardiovascular effects.
But just keep on selling it, $$$$$$
 
De-criminalizing weed in Texas will have a devastating impact on the criminal justice industry in Texas. It will result in jails and prisons being half empty, prosecutors, judges, and bailiffs being laid off, and it will take a good bite out of organized crime.
 
Integrityrespec said:
Marijuana use can present a range of physical, mental, and social issues. Some common concerns include potential impacts on brain development, respiratory health, and mental well-being, including increased risk of psychosis and addiction. Furthermore, marijuana use can affect coordination, memory, and cognitive function, and may have negative cardiovascular effects.
But just keep on selling it, $$$$$$
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“Marijuana causes errors of time and space.”

-Dr. Carroll in Reefer Madness.
 
I thought it was already banned in Texas?
 
Checkerboard Strangler said:
Decriminalization is the worst thing imaginable because it creates second class citizens.
Possession and use of small amounts may not be a crime but as long as it is still on the state books as technically illegal, a good many states
refuse to allow cardholders to

Own a firearm
Pilot license
Commercial driver's license
Teaching credentials
and some two or three dozen other restrictions.

It must be legalized 100%, just like BEER.

If we want to decriminalize something, try decriminalizing being undocumented but with no criminal record.
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It should be, but that would take the federal government legalizing it, and then the States to make their laws.
 
Integrityrespec said:
Marijuana use can present a range of physical, mental, and social issues. Some common concerns include potential impacts on brain development, respiratory health, and mental well-being, including increased risk of psychosis and addiction. Furthermore, marijuana use can affect coordination, memory, and cognitive function, and may have negative cardiovascular effects.
But just keep on selling it, $$$$$$
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You just described booze.
 
Ikari said:
It should be, but that would take the federal government legalizing it, and then the States to make their laws.
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The latter.
California started with decrim and cards, and moved to full legalization.
 
As if living in Texas isn’t bad enough, you have to go through it sober unless you drink.
 
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Checkerboard Strangler said:
The latter.
California started with decrim and cards, and moved to full legalization.
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it it's still federally illegal which cuts off a lot from personal use as well as corporate functionality.
 
Integrityrespec said:
Marijuana use can present a range of physical, mental, and social issues. Some common concerns include potential impacts on brain development, respiratory health, and mental well-being, including increased risk of psychosis and addiction. Furthermore, marijuana use can affect coordination, memory, and cognitive function, and may have negative cardiovascular effects.
But just keep on selling it, $$$$$$
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Lots of MAGAs clearly smoking weed.
 
soap box said:
www.texastribune.org

Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years in the Legislature.
www.texastribune.org www.texastribune.org

"Abbott urged lawmakers to consider an approach similar to the way alcohol is regulated, recommending potential rules including barring the sale and marketing of THC products to minors, requiring testing throughout the production and manufacturing process, allowing local governments to prohibit stores selling THC products and providing law enforcement with additional funding to enforce the restrictions."

Abbott was taking fire from all sides. He called the state legislature back to an emergency session in July, apparently it will draft a new law making it similar to how alcohol is handled.

Dan Patrick is pissed
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Dan is way too far to the right. The bill was I think 1 1/2 minutes from passing when Abbott vetoed it.
 
Finally some good news out of Texas. I consider marijuana law a general litmus test of how backwards / behind the times a state is.
 
Phys251 said:

Finally, something sensible coming out of Texas. Now they need to lift their ban on marijuana products.
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I think if you lifted the band on marijuana it can't be like this piecemeal thing that they're doing in Colorado and California it has to be legal to grow it like completely legal.

The thing I like about legalizing marijuana is putting drug smugglers out of business. And if it's so complicated to sell it and to grow it to the point where it's financially punitive then well cartels do better because well now it's legal and people who have it won't rat out their dealers.

I think the way to go about this is legalized production.
 
Ikari said:
I think more and more states are moving towards decriminalization. There's a lot of money in the weed business.
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... and a huge waste of money, lives, police time, court time and jail time on trying to enforce anti-weed laws.


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Stealers Wheel said:
De-criminalizing weed in Texas will have a devastating impact on the criminal justice industry in Texas. It will result in jails and prisons being half empty, prosecutors, judges, and bailiffs being laid off, and it will take a good bite out of organized crime.
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Oh yeah? But where will Texas get its slave labor then, Mr. Smart Guy, huh? Have you thought of that negative!?!?!
 
rhinefire said:
Dan is way too far to the right. The bill was I think 1 1/2 minutes from passing when Abbott vetoed it.
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He is on a fundamentalist crusade, no kidding. It's really about church more than public policy.
 
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