Legalized pot

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

WWJD? He's smoke two joints then he'd smoke two joints and then he'd smoke two more. Birthday

nmballa · Posted: Mar 03, 2015 9:25 am Post subject:

RampageWake · Posted: Mar 03, 2015 1:00 pm Post subject:

Okie Boarder · Ladies Man Joined: 03 Mar 2008 Posts: 10056 City: Edmond

Interesting that this is coming from a TX Reep.

jason_ssr · Posted: Mar 04, 2015 8:57 am Post subject:

What makes this bill unique is that it is quite the opposite approach the other 'legal' states took. While they passed laws that create very specific guideline of how pot can be grown, sold, used, held, and taxed, the Texas bill simply stikes the substance from the law books all together, making pot equal to a tomato. No limits on sale, growth, and most importantly, no overbearing tax.

IMO this will kill the bill because the greedy will want to exploit the stoner tax base, like the other states.

Or... it will make Texas a TON of money by running the table on growth\sales.

goofyboy · Posted: Mar 04, 2015 10:11 am Post subject:

chavez · RIP MHL 04/25/1958 - 01/11/2006

jt09 · Ladies Man Joined: 16 Jan 2003 Posts: 22083 City: Austin

it's not going to pass, but it needs to get run through the process. no other state went legal their 1st time around either.

eeven73 · Posted: Mar 04, 2015 3:04 pm Post subject:

Been real interesting up here. Price has cratered in WA with over supply.

The pols are trying to adjust the tax regime to max revenue. Kinda a cluster F

goofyboy · Posted: Mar 05, 2015 4:18 am Post subject:

Of course it's a cluster F... politicians are involved.

eeven73 · Posted: Mar 05, 2015 7:59 am Post subject:

^Well put.

Oregon Pols are freaking out because we are coming on line later in the year and the revenue projections keep jumping all over the place.

Anecdotally, I do know of two cases of people locally being fired for showing up stoned to work. There response, "its legal man". Gonna be a long road.

goofyboy · Posted: Mar 05, 2015 9:33 am Post subject:

haha... that's terrible. Drinking is legal, but I can't show up to work drunk. Man, you have to wonder about people sometimes. Also, if it was legalized in Texas doesn't mean I could go smoke. My company still has a drug free policy.

RampageWake · Posted: Mar 06, 2015 5:55 am Post subject:

I think the company drug policy does not apply to drugs for which you have a valid prescription. Idea

I do know someone at Chevron that had to go to substance abuse counseling because she took some cough syrup (codeine) that was issued to her but was 1 + yr old (script no longer valid) -- everyone knew this lady in no way ever took any drugs and this was absurd, but HR had to enforce policy and chose to let her off with the counseling.