Texas lawmakers hold hearing to examine legalizing marijuana for recreational use



Texas lawmakers held a hearing to examine what it would look like to legalize marijuana for adult recreational use.

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  1. Also, got a feeling sometime between the next 3-4 presidential election cycles, one of those presidents will be encacting federal use marijuana. They have to at this point. As soon more than 50% of the country is state wise legalized for recreational use (not medical), then it would be very clear that there's no holding this back any longer.

  2. It sounds like based on the comments that it's not they are not willing to hear it out but rather deeply beginning to assess how this would even roll out and could this be done under someone like Governor Abbott? I'd say no, not unless you get someone who's business savvy, gun-loving, and also pro marijuana. Basically more libertarian leaning.

  3. Texas has a multi billion dollar prison business, If they actually legalized Marijuana they would lose probably half their free slaves and lose money.

  4. Just a ole' man here who raised 8 Kids in a time when I thought Marijuana was evil… I moved from Texas to Colorado after that and tried Edibles to help me sleep and for chronic pain because I was ground zeroed by a F-4 Tornado… In 1996, I spent a year in the Hospital after crushing my Pelvis and braking both hips while activating a storm siren network in a large community as a certified County Emergency Service/NOAA and NWS Storm Spotter… (About 500 homes damaged/destroyed but many lives saved)

    Coming back to Texas much older with Chronic Pain/Arthritis the Medical environment for treatment here has been much like I was a convict or a street addict, even if I could find a Doctor or Medical Facility for treatment… My life became living hell!!! Why is it that Science and those within the Medical Discipline are not in charge of Medicine here??? The DEA being solely in charge of Licensing both Doctors and Pharmacies with their expertise in Drug Enforcement negatively impacts society by devaluating the disciplines of Science, Medicine and Pharmaceutical educations in these issues…

    The DEA's history has become one of detriment with their focus on decades of Prohibition and the long "War on Drugs" with civilization experiencing military like Drug Raids at incorrect addresses for years and today we hear about "No knock warrants" killing innocent people in raids with guns blazing in our neighborhoods… The DEA's tactics of Prohibition/"War on Drugs" and Rationing medicine for decades are pushing medically documented legitimate medically needy/medically dependent chronic pain patients on to the streets where now we have a Fentanyl/Self Medicating problem… Doctor's work with great fear as well as Pharmacists, not to mention millions of folks seeking humane treatment being denied and suffering a life in pain…

    We can do better and have in previous years just by using a logical common-sense approach to medicine!!! The DEA still lists Marijuana as a Schedule 1 drug, with no currently accepted medical use and a high potential for abuse!!! There have been many Scientific and Medical Studies disputing this while many States and Countries have excepted these truths… Lets correct our attitude and stop the Draconian impacts of the "Hired Muscle" approach we now have controlling medicine and allow civilization to grow again!!! Let Medical and Scientific disciplines control Medicine and put Law Enforcement back in charge of real crimes!!! 😉 No Offenses Intended, just my humble opinion!!!

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