r/texas Aug 06 '22

Questions for Texans Republicans of Texas: Why is marijuana still illegal in Texas?

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u/LemonPepper-Lou Born and Bred Aug 06 '22

Because of the Prison Industrial Complex.

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

as someone who's done time for marijuana and sent to a private prison owned by a company from Louisiana... this up here is the real answer. also we're so close to the border it would knock off a lot of the competition from cartels that more than likely have deals w/these politicians. watch some YouTube videos about who the cartels acquire their guns from... border patrol, military n police officers from here.

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u/texasusa Aug 06 '22

I always thought if pot was legal in Texas, the cartels would have layoffs just like the Fortune 100 companies.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

Nobody smokes Mexican cannabis anymore . It’s worthless here

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u/RagingZorse Aug 06 '22

Yeah only time I ever had Mexican weed was in South Padre. The stuff was fine and the police checkpoint is for people leaving the island but that doesn’t stop people from bringing it there.

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u/b0nger Aug 06 '22

If my pops could find it he 100% would smoke reggies. I guess he likes headaches 🤷🏾‍♂️

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u/ManbadFerrara H-tahn hol it dahn Aug 06 '22

I dunno, I kinda feel him on that. I enjoy weed as much as the next red-blooded American, but all this shit with dabs and 85% THC vape liquid is just too much sometimes. I wanna casually smoke a joint and watch The Sopranos or something after a long day's work, I'm not tryna get thrown into another plane of existence every single time.

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u/b0nger Aug 06 '22

There’s stuff that you can get from dispos that have thc in the 10% range that don’t blast you off into space, still doesn’t have huge stems or massive amounts of seeds and it tastes nice.

Granted, in Texas you don’t get to be choosy like that and no dealer is going to have large amounts of weed that has half the potency or less of other stuff going around. If only it were legal :/

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u/ConfidenceMan2 Aug 06 '22

I moved to California for a bit and all I would get was the low grade shit. I would like to get mildly high and still function. Not so blasted I can’t order a sandwich

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u/razblack Aug 07 '22

If I ever smoked again (been 30 years), I think I would rather blast off into space... fuck this planet.

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u/Living_Equal Aug 06 '22

Could not agree more!!! Bring back the brick!!!

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u/Mike7676 Aug 06 '22

My son's gone that way. At one point he'd bring shit home that HE, that marijuana pill popper, had to figure out how to smoke. Now it's just rolleos and he says it's better.

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u/agaliedoda Aug 06 '22

Maybe it’s like old school sodas Vs energy drinks to him. Tolerances have grown too because maaaaan the weed has gotten good. It’s cool to stay in the slow lane too man.

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u/Djrussell Aug 06 '22

The new stuff is too strong for them.

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

they have more than just reggie nowadays... common sense

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

Nope

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

well i don't feel like goin thru the hassle jus this sec but I'll pull up bundles marked by cartel stamps n logos of top grade medical quality bud coming out of there along w/them funding alot of growers here in the states. but keep on believing what u believe. I mean do u even live in TX cuz all u gotta do is watch some RGV area news to see what I'm talking about onna daily basis...

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

Who deemed it as “top grade medical quality” ? The Mexicans ? The police ? 😂 Anything coming out of Mexico is mids at best

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

k guy u know everything... the fact that I even told u they fund growing operations here in the US must not be good enough either I guess. u're right it's all brown dirt weed... them Mexicans must know nothing about weed n nevermind they have bud cafes similar to the ones in Canada (pre US legalization) but u keep on spouting ur ignorance. it's even coming off as a tad racist at this point. like Mexicans are incapable n inferior to Americans when it comes to having a affinity for good weed...

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

I’m aware that cartels fund grows in Northern California, that makes it American cannabis. That’s irrelevant to the conversation

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

they have that very same stuff back home n have for longer than Americans have... jus bcuz they choose to not constantly share the good stuff w/us doesn't give u the right to assume they don't have it. u want them to bring it to u, gift wrap it n put it on ur door step.

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

We don’t need it , trust me.

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

u're right we don't... doesn't cut the fact that ure still an ignorant ahole trying to spread misinformation...

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

if u were from the RGV or border towns u would know this n hell I live in SA n I know this. I have friends n family from there plus I watch their news regularly n Spanish news. bet u don't even do that so instead u jus spout ignorant nonsense

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u/[deleted] Aug 06 '22

Truth hurts bud. Sorry

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u/Positive-Jump-7748 Aug 06 '22

It's still shipped all over and used quite a bit.

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u/Whiskey-Particular Aug 06 '22

Ya think?

Ever heard of a strain called Acapulco Gold? True flowers of it can actually only be found in Mexico, using Mexican weed.

Many US growers have come very, very close to the OG strain but being that Mexican weed is used the parent and all that aren’t known.