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Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced Wednesday that lawmakers in the state Senate would move to ban all forms of consumable tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, in Texas.

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[–] [email protected] 72 points 1 month ago

This is your daily reminder that Republicans are NOT in favor of less government control over peoples' lives. They just need the right people to be hurt and controlled.

  • Women
  • "the gays"
  • PoC
  • Those dirty stoners
[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 month ago

Sounds like small government to me!

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I thought that banning ~~guns~~ THC would just make it so that only criminals had ~~guns~~ THC.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

The only thing that can stop a bad guy with a joint is a good guy with a joint.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Fine give up all that tax revenue, other states have been rolling in the funds. And because court and jail fees makes so much more money 🙄

Can we kick out Texas from the US now?

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Give it back to Mexico. It's easy to remove one star from the flag.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Keep the star, add Puerto Rico, or if they decline, Washington DC

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago

Add DC, Puerto Rico and Guam.

[–] [email protected] 22 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Next time I hear a rightie tell me how Texas is a "free state"...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 weeks ago

Biggest plot hole in The Handmaid's Tale is that Texas isn't a part of Gilead.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yet another reason to avoid Texas at all costs

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

tbf, fire ants are reason enough.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

God damn fireants. I wouldn't have to poison my yard if not for them.

Also, the weather alone is a good reason to avoid us.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 month ago

New Mexico will gladly sell you plenty of THC.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 weeks ago* (last edited 4 weeks ago)

“Dangerously, retailers exploited the agriculture law to sell life-threatening, unregulated forms of THC to the public and made them easily accessible,”

...life-threatening....THC

Citation needed buddy. A little THC doesn't seem to threaten anyone's life. Someone can die from an alcohol OD but dying from THC requires another condition or activity that is going on, and thus due to inebriation the death occurs. This is still at a rate far lower than alcohol, a legal substance.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

NOOOOOO FUCK. I was really enjoying being able to get weed at the store

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Stock up on some distillate while you can. I got 100g of D8 for like $50 bucks (independently lab tested)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago