Thursday, May 29, 2025

Texas About to Pass Most Ridiculous Marijuana Ban in U.S.

Over the weekend, the [Texas] state Legislature finalized its approval of a proposed law that would forbid sales of products that feature any amount of THC--the chemical compound in cannabis that gets you high. Senate Bill 3 would not just mandate a full-blown ban on recreational marijuana; it would also decimate the state's thriving hemp sector, ravaging farms and small businesses that have established a multibillion-dollar local industry from growth and sales of goods that make use of this flexible, multipurpose plant.

Posted by retort at 07:57 AM | 29 COMMENTS | permalink

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This carries back to the days, not that long ago. when bulk bird feed (with hemp seed; like you feed your parakeet) was confiscated because it contained microscopic traces of THC.

I live in the very buckle of The Bible Belt. These cannabis boutiques are EVERYWHERE, suggesting that they have enormous popularity with Baptists.

There is no economic, social, or even religious reason for what this law wants to do.

It's stupid, and it's crazy, but I guess that's the current GOP zeitgeist.

#1 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-29 08:25 AM

Dan Patrick is a raetard. And until he puts his personal vendetta away and listens to the majority of people, we will continue to have ---- like this going on.

It's way past time to let people decide how to use hemp or marijuana the way they choose. And for heaven's sake, quit putting people in jail for it.

If I remember correctly, Patrick has been pissed off ever since they passed the hemp bill with a max of 3% THC by weight. This opened the door for not only edibles but vape and hemp sprayed with THC for recreational.

All that said, I do feel strongly about keeping it out of the hands of children. The stuff they have access to today is nothing like we had in the 80's.

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-29 08:35 AM

All that said, I do feel strongly about keeping it out of the hands of children. The stuff they have access to today is nothing like we had in the 80's.

#2 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS AT 2025-05-29 08:35 AM

Agreed.

How about that? There is common ground.

#3 | Posted by cbob at 2025-05-29 08:47 AM

"It's way past time to let people decide how to use hemp or marijuana the way they choose. And for heaven's sake, quit putting people in jail for it."

Come on man. You know Republicans can't resist the urge to tell others how to live their lives.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 08:59 AM

Come on man. You know Republicans can't resist the urge to tell others how to live their lives.

#4 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 08:59 AM | Reply | Flag

More bullschitt form the resident bullschitter. Obama or Biden could have ended this once and for all.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-29 09:19 AM

Obama or Biden could have ended this once and for all.

#5 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Jesus you are one silly mofo.

Please spare me the need to explain it to you.

#6 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-29 09:24 AM

If the GOP wants to ban Beatles records, is that something Obama or Biden could have ended once and for all?

Jesus.

#7 | Posted by Zed at 2025-05-29 09:28 AM

Back in the 1960s and 70s if we were traveling to California we would go around Texas which we considered a "s**t hole state and which most of us still do! I wouldn't live in Texas if you paid my rent and paid me to watch TX; not that Florida, under Desatanist, is much better but one of thses days South Florida will secede and leave the rest of the state to wither and die. The rest of the state is pretty much a s**t hole too!

#8 | Posted by danni at 2025-05-29 10:08 AM

Trump could have ended this once and for all.
#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

Good point!

#9 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 10:35 AM

More bullschitt form the resident bullschitter. Obama or Biden could have ended this once and for all.

#5 | Posted by lfthndthrds

whatabout is always a poor argument. Your whatabout is even worse because it doesn't even address the quote...

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 11:21 AM

Who's really in bed with Big Pharma.

Pretty obvious.

#11 | Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-05-29 11:30 AM

No surprise that Texass is going to do something this stupid. Not even Tennessee is THIS f--king stupid when it comes to weed. And Tennessee is pretty f--king stupid.

#12 | Posted by DarkVader at 2025-05-29 11:51 AM

I'm surprised they haven't turned this into a religious thing or tried to pretend they're protecting children.

Seems to be the way republicans pass legislation these days.

#13 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-29 11:56 AM

one of thses days South Florida will secede and leave the rest of the state to wither and die.
#8 | Posted by danni

One of these days South Florida will be under water.

#14 | Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-05-29 01:33 PM

Another good reason to avoid Texass.

#15 | Posted by Angrydad at 2025-05-29 01:36 PM

The stuff they have access to today is nothing like we had in the 80's.

#2 | POSTED BY LFTHNDTHRDS

Like the Internet? Good luck with keeping them off that.

#16 | Posted by donnerboy at 2025-05-29 02:15 PM

All that said, I do feel strongly about keeping it out of the hands of children.

That is indeed their pathetic rationale.

Look at the picture, they have an overlay of where the schools are and where the hemp businesses are. Shockingly, sometimes they are close to one another!

They really think Texans are that dumb. They may be correct.

#17 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 02:32 PM

All that said, I do feel strongly about keeping it out of the hands of children.

That is indeed their pathetic rationale.

Look at the picture, they have an overlay of where the schools are and where the hemp businesses are. Shockingly, sometimes they are close to one another!

They really think Texans are that dumb. They may be correct.

#18 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 02:32 PM

Don't make me say it again!

#19 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 02:33 PM

Ten years in prison for a marijuana joint in Texas in the 1970s?

aadl.org

The Saga of Stoney Burns

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#20 | Posted by Corky at 2025-05-29 02:46 PM

whatabout is always a poor argument. Your whatabout is even worse because it doesn't even address the quote...

#10 | Posted by jpw at 2025-05-29 11:21 AM | Reply | Flag

Whatabout does matter you ------- raetard. When someone expects a sitting president, they wouldn't vote for, to do something they expected the guy they DID vote for to do, it spells stupidity and blind partisanship. None of you ------- idiots can even be taken seriously.

#21 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-29 02:59 PM

Marijuana criminalization is an easy way to fill up prisons.

#22 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-05-29 03:12 PM

"When someone expects a sitting president, they wouldn't vote for, to do something they expected the guy they DID vote for to do"

Ummm... We have never had a President who was expected to legalize pot.

Not even Aqua Buddha.

#23 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-05-29 03:27 PM

I'm pretty sure any administration could have put an end to this nonsense, as it doesn't take an act of Congress to get cannabis off of the FDA's Schedule 1 status, which is pretty much all it would take to open up the banking system and really get the ball rolling/screw this all up.

#24 | Posted by morris at 2025-05-29 11:15 PM

Texas is a laboratory for bad legislation

#25 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-05-30 07:54 AM

"If I owned Texas and Hell, I would rent out Texas and live in Hell"

-Gen. Sheridan

#26 | Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-05-30 08:10 AM

Dan Patrick is a raetard. And until he puts his personal vendetta away and listens to the majority of people

#2 | Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-05-29 08:35 AM | Reply

That's not happening. It's not a personal vendetta.

Two of his biggest lobbies are Pharma and Alcohol. Both want THC gone to improve their margins.

The Texas weed industry isn't organized enough to counter that.

#27 | Posted by sitzkrieg at 2025-05-30 08:41 AM

Dunno how WI was able to get Delta9 past the Tavern League, but they did it. Still the only state, I believe, where a DUI is a misdemeanor (drunkest state in the country, and that's not a brag)

#28 | Posted by hamburglar at 2025-05-30 09:25 AM

Stalking unarmed migrants with assault rifles in Texas, no problem: media.istockphoto.com

Try to get a reproductive care or get caught with a microscopic amount of marijuana in the Lone Star State: media.istockphoto.com

#29 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-05-31 07:23 AM

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