Texas Lawmakers Debate Ban on THC Products & Possible Federal Marijuana Shift
Texas Lawmakers Debate Ban on THC Products & Possible Federal Marijuana Shift
A Texas House committee is considering new legislation that would ban most THC products outside of the state’s medical program and impose tighter regulations on CBD sales. Law enforcement leaders support the restrictions, citing enforcement challenges.
While the bill may stall this session, it could return in the next. On the federal level, President Trump says he’s considering reclassifying marijuana to a lower-risk category, which would not legalize it nationwide but could mark a major policy shift.
Legalize relatively benign cannabis federally now. What’s legal to possess and consume in over half of the populated areas of The United States should not make you a criminal in states still being governed by woefully ignorant prohibitionist politicians. Cannabis consumers in all states deserve and demand equal rights and protections under our laws that are currently afforded to the drinkers of far more dangerous and deadly, yet perfectly legal, widely accepted, endlessly advertised and even glorified as an All-American pastime, alcohol. Plain and simple! Legalize Nationwide Federally Now!
Texas GOP needs to get on board with Republican voters. Nobody in the history of time has died from using a hemp THCA product. Banning these products and forcing people to the black market where they will get crap laced with fentanyl and die only makes sense if you are in the pocket of the alcohol lobby. Yes Dan Patrick is in their pocket, they funded his whole career. Regulate and keep out of the hands of kids, no problem. Attempt to ban and use the excuse that you couldn’t regulate when other states have or the excuse that Texas law enforcement can’t properly test it, when other states can will not fly. If our government and law enforcement are that incompetent then that is where the change needs to be. We need to work on getting competent people into those positions that represent we the people and they need to know how to perform their jobs.
the cartel will make up for it.
"The report discovered that Cannabis is 114 times less deadly than alcohol. Researchers were able to determine this by comparing the lethal doses with the amount of typical use. Through this approach, Cannabis had the lowest mortality risk to users out of all the drugs they studied. In fact—because the numbers were crossed with typical daily use—Cannabis is the only drug that tested as "low risk." -Complex
So sad, CBD and hemp is very useful. Just saying.
Politicians who continue to demonize Cannabis, Corrupt Law Enforcement Officials who prefer to ruin peoples lives over Cannabis possession rather than solve real crimes who fund their departments toys and salaries with monies acquired through cannabis home raids, seizures and forfeitures, and so-called "Addiction Specialists" who make their income off of the judicial misfortunes of our citizens who choose cannabis, – Your actions go against The Will of The People and Your Days In Office Are Numbered! Find new careers before you don’t have one.
I’m not even the slightest bit concerned or worried about this. It’s not 1950s there is NOT going to be ANY type of ban. It’s just a bunch of dinosaurs and rhinos stomping their feet wanting to make some noise and it’s their last ditch effort attempt to try to stay relevant. There is NO ban just regulations, everyone can just move on and get over the fact that we will get high on THC from now on and it’s the new normal, THC is the new normal not alcohol and tobacco, get over it move on, you don’t like it boohoo cry me a River and go live in 1950s if you hate it so bad. And newsflash have you ever thought about not partaking in something you don’t enjoy??? I particularly don’t agree with alcohol consumption or the legality of alcohol whatsoever yet I don’t stand in the way and prohibit people from consuming it. Get out of the way of freedom and suck it up weed is mainstream boohoo
The "War on Cannabis" has been a complete and utter failure. It is the largest component of the broader yet equally unsuccessful "War on Drugs" that has cost our country over two trillion dollars. Instead of The United States wasting Billions upon Billions more of our yearly tax dollars fighting a never ending "War on Cannabis", lets generate Billions of dollars, and improve the deficit instead. Especially now, due to Covid-19. It’s a no brainer. The Prohibition of Cannabis has also ruined the lives of many of our loved ones. In numbers greater than any other nation, our loved ones are being sent to jail and are being given permanent criminal records. Especially, if they happen to be of the "wrong" skin color or they happen to be from the "wrong" neighborhood. Which ruin their chances of employment for the rest of their lives, and for what reason? Cannabis is much safer to consume than alcohol. Yet do we lock people up for choosing to drink? Let’s end this hypocrisy now! The government should never attempt to legislate morality by creating victim-less cannabis "crimes" because it simply does not work and costs the taxpayers a fortune. Cannabis Legalization Nationwide is an inevitable reality that’s approaching much sooner than prohibitionists think and there is nothing they can do to stop it! Legalize Nationwide Federally Now! Support Each and Every Cannabis Legalization Initiative!
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There will be no full ban just regulations
Cannabis should be absolutely just as legal and easy to obtain anywhere as alcohol currently is. No exceptions. It’s so easy: As legal and easy to obtain/use as alcohol currently is. Why hold relatively benign, often healing cannabis to any sort of irrational, stricter double standard than perfectly legal alcohol?
Legalize it beat the cartels and regulate it like alcohol. Cash crop possibility.
The only "right" states rights provide is the right of a very small minority to criminalize anything they don’t morally approve of in their individual home states. It needs to end now! It’s like having 50 different countries with different laws instead of a "United" States.
Ban alcohol then because it’s worse than pot
Well back to the black market smh. Fools
Rational, reasonable people would logically prefer to pay tax on a legal product which they can conveniently acquire to use instantly at a store, rather than be criminalized, persecuted and prosecuted over the possession and use of relatively benign cannabis for recreational use…
"Americans favor making cannabis legal for adults, according to the findings of a CNN/ORC International survey released late Monday. The percentage is the highest ever reported by the survey, which has been tracking public opinion on the issue since 1973, and marks a 12 percentage point jump in support since the last time pollsters posed the question in 2012" -CNN Poll
Ban ALCOHOL
GIVE US THE MEDICAL CANNABIS WE VOTED FOR
States "rights" has become just a clever excuse, disguise and blanket authority being used for a very small minority of irrational prohibitionists to be able to criminalize everything that they personally don’t morally approve of. Same with abortion, websites and even books that they don’t morally approve of, and they have the nerve to call it states "rights".
States rights=Criminalization of the citizens by a very small lunatic fringe minority of irrational prohibitionists whom have self righteously appointed themselves as self deputized morality police over everyone else.
I thought Republicans did not like too much government telling them what to do?
Good!
Let me update your video title: Texas Lawmakers Debate Whether Texas Adults Should be Respected and Free.
What we certainly don’t need are anymore people who feel justified in appointing themselves to be self-deputized morality police. We are very capable of choosing for ourselves if we want to consume cannabis, a far less dangerous choice over alcohol, and we definitely don’t need anyone dictating how we should live our own lives.
"A solid majority of voters nationwide favor legalizing and regulating cannabis similar to the way alcohol and tobacco cigarettes are currently regulated. Most also dont believe it should be a crime for people to smoke cannabis in the privacy of their own homes" -Rasmussen Poll
why do people keep voting for the freedom-hating dirty corrupt Texas GOP? They want nothing but a big nanny state, they may as well go full communist.
The Prohibition of cannabis and Reefer Madness are only pushed and believed by a very small, lunatic-fringe minority of irrational looney-tune Holier Than Thou types that are on a never ending little personal moral-crusade and witch-hunt against relatively benign cannabis and it’s consumers. The rest of us sane, rational, normal Americans just laugh our butts off at and mock utterly desperate lying prohibitionists and their ridiculous Reefer-Madness-Rhetoric as the comedy show they truly are!
We can’t just lock up everyone who does things prohibitionists don’t personally approve of.