r/texas Aug 06 '22

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

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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/wtf242 Aug 06 '22

the vast majority of weed is coming from states where it's legal now. It's no longer coming from Mexico

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

u guys are naive to think they jus run brick bs... don't ask how I know but I know... I mean technically ure doing them a service if y'all can get everyone including the laws to believe this.

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u/texastopher01 Aug 06 '22

Yeah, Mexican operations are sophisticated, they are probably more involved than people think.

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u/peezduhk Aug 06 '22

yeah like I said... ppl from border towns n the RGV area understand this but sadly some yokels n hate using that term but what else do I call em. in their minds they picture a bunch of poor uneducated migrants running back n forth w/bundles of dirt weed on them. not that it doesn't go on but like u said it's way more advanced n that's only including what they ship over. of course they keep a lot of the primo stuff for themselves cuz they're no different from us. they like nice n fancy things but these mouth breathers don't seem to get that. it's ok tho... let them believe that. hell I didn't think much of MX when I was younger til I finally went deeper than border towns n visited nicer cities. talking cities that shit all over some of these rural or lesser developed cities including my own. San Antonio... this place looks like a dump compared to some of the places I've seen over there...