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Title: Texas OKs Full Marijuana Lega­lization Bill
Source: MINTPRESS NEWS
URL Source: http://www.mintpressnews.com/texas- ... /205417/?lization-bill/205417/
Published: May 7, 2015
Author: AP
Post Date: 2015-05-07 19:07:06 by Buzzard
Keywords: None
Views: 306
Comments: 5

A proposal seeking full legalization of marijuana on religious grounds has cleared an unlikely legislative hurdle.

Republican state Rep. David Simpson of Longview argues marijuana comes from God and therefore shouldn’t be banned by government.

The tea party stalwart has repeatedly championed what he calls the “Christian case” for legalization.

Simpson’s bill (HB 2165) languished for weeks before the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee.

Three committee Democrats and two Republicans surprisingly voted to support it Wednesday, though, and it passed 5-2.

That makes Simpson’s bill eligible for consideration to reach the House floor before the legislative session ends June 1, although that’s still highly unlikely.

State law currently makes no exceptions even for medical marijuana, making outright legalization unthinkable.

Still, advocates hailed the committee vote as “unprecedented progress” for Texas marijuana rights.

Nearly three out of five Texas voters (58%) support making marijuana legal for adults and regulating it like alcohol, according to a statewide survey conducted by Public Policy Polling in September 2013.

Four states have adopted laws that regulate and tax marijuana similarly to alcohol. Two of them, Colorado and Washington, have established regulated systems of marijuana cultivation and sales.

Alaska and Oregon are in the process of implementing similar systems.

Statement from Heather Fazio, Texas Political Director for the Marijuana Policy Project:

“Marijuana prohibition’s days are numbered in the Lone Star State. Texas voters recognize that punishing adults for consuming a substance that is safer than alcohol is a waste of law enforcement resources and an affront to individual liberty. It appears most of the committee members agree.

“State officials are increasingly becoming fed up with the failed federal government policy of marijuana prohibition, and they’re taking action. Like most Americans, most Texans are ready for a more sensible, fiscally sound.”


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#1. To: Buzzard (#0)

Amazingly good news! thanks.

“The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable.” ~ H. L. Mencken

Lod  posted on  2015-05-07   19:37:55 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Buzzard (#0)

the PROPOSAL cleared, but that doesn't mean it will be passed into law.

Truth is still truth even if no one believes it. A lie is still a lie even if everyone believes it.

christine  posted on  2015-05-07   19:59:09 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: christine (#2) (Edited)

Excellent point. States are great at hrrumphing in favor of this or that goal of ours, notably declaring gold and silver legal tender, but the times they actually sign it into law can be elusive.

This would be a qualified victory for us in any case. If they actually make it legal to grow your own, I'll eat my hat with ketchup, pickles and special sauce.

It seems inevitable that legal pot is going to mean many more users, including those operating passenger trains and driving the car in front of you on I-80.

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2015-05-07   20:20:48 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: christine (#2)

the PROPOSAL cleared, but that doesn't mean it will be passed into law.

Oh of course not.

No sound mind in the movement expected this (or any of the other bills) to even make it out of committee this year.

The most optimistic Texas activists are looking for something in the 2017 session.

The first California initiatives occurred in the '70's. But Prop 215 didn't pass until 1996. And Texans don't even have the right to introduce citizens initiatives. Supporting those with whom we share values / lobbying /delivering votes / bribes contributions are our only hope of overturning this ridiculous prohibition.

Although the newbies may exhibit some irrational exuberance, those of us in it for the long haul recognize this as a small, but positive first step`.

“If you want to find the secrets of the universe,
think in terms of energy, frequency and vibration.”
~ Nikola Tesla

Buzzard  posted on  2015-05-07   23:56:27 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Buzzard (#4)

Contrast this all with how lightning-fast lawmakers pass and implement something pernicious they really want, like the "war" on "terror" or DHS. Of course they were planned and financed far in advance as part of the 9/11 package. The can get it for you wholesale.......

NeoconsNailed  posted on  2015-05-08   0:47:52 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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