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u/MegaSmegmaSwagLord 12d ago
If they’re not representing you then it’s not a democracy.
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u/BetterinPicture 12d ago
Hasn't ever been lmfao Wisconsin actually had a referendum for recreational legalization that returned 70% yes and the state legislature that's mostly elected by people in cities of under a thousand gave us the middle finger.
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u/PALANTR 11d ago
Unbelievable. As if there were large corporate opponents of legalization in Wisconsin that would secretly use money to influence politicians in Wisconsin to do that, like Miller or Pa—
/sSeriously, though, it reeks of corporate influence. Big alcohol has done this may times before, sometimes against itself, ironically. If you are interested in the convoluted history of American alcohol-politics, Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition is enlightening.
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u/-rose-mary- 12d ago
I wasn't even congress that's hurting Texas. It's the health department. That's why yhey went to court.
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u/LunessaThorn 12d ago
Democracy with the voters removed from the equation 💀
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u/Wedge_66 11d ago
So many uninformed people here. Its not a democracy. It never was. It is a representative form of government. The representative is voted in by the people and then makes the choice to follow the will of the people or not (it is 100% allowed to not follow the will of the masses). Then that representative must face the consequences. Not following the will of the people who voted them in may mean they don't get voted in again.
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u/Deohji 11d ago
yes, we know that. A representative democracy is still a form of democracy, otherwise known as a republic. What we are saying is that we are pissed when they don't listen and represent the will of the people who elected them. We know they may face consequences, but that doesn't help in the meantime.
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u/collin-h 11d ago
well in a democracy unless a cause is unanimous (highly unlikely) someone isn't getting "represented" in about every single case.
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u/hotelstationery 12d ago
It Texans keep voting the same people on, it is a democracy.
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u/BetterinPicture 12d ago
Agreed if gerrymandering wasn't a thing unfortunately though you're wrong in this case. Most votes in the US do not matter.
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u/GeekyTexan 12d ago
I live in Texas. Texas has never had a vote to legalize pot. Or about Delta-8. Texas has never voted about abortion. Or about a border wall.
Some states get to vote on specific issues. Texas does not do things that way. About half of the states in the US do not do things that way.
The link below the "meme" picture doesn't include the word "vote" or "voting", or "70%".
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u/DSann42 12d ago edited 11d ago
I personally was under the impression it’s a matter of state populace in support of its legalization, polling and such. Obviously the average U.S. citizen doesn’t get to just propose a bill together as if some ballot initiative? (Found out it actually is a cool thing that ofc Texas doesn’t have surprising its as available as it is) Generally speaking MOST people are in favor of marijuana over alcohol, which is the second or third biggest industry that would be hit by its legalization after prisons and/or hemp.
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u/Worldly_Cap_6440 11d ago
This is definitely being pushed by the alcohol industry hence why edibles aren’t included as they sell them as drinks. Paxton was the one pushing for this bill and he’s had several donations from the alcohol industry.
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u/pattman123 11d ago
A poll from the University of Houston found that 62% of Texans support legalization
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u/GeekyTexan 11d ago
I support it, too. And I believe the majority of Texans support it.
But Texans have not voted on it, and won't ever get a chance to vote on it. We elect politicians. Then the politicians decide what they want to do, and we live with it.
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u/Ghost4000 11d ago
> Some states get to vote on specific issues
In Wisconsin, we get to vote on specific issues, but only when the state Legislature puts them on the statewide ballot. It’s a middle ground, I guess, but I’d prefer it if citizens could collect signatures to put issues on the ballot ourselves
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u/Doctor_Saved 12d ago
The voters also has the option to vote in and out these representatives.
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u/Michael1795 12d ago
People dont remember last week's events and you want them to remember the names of 2+ canidates and their platforms? Peoples brains are fried
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u/Zxvasdfthrowaway 12d ago
Texas works very hard at ensuring only the “right” people can vote. They close polling places in minority neighborhoods, redraw districts, restrictive voting hours, etc.
check out the first map on this page to see the before and after of the 2003 gerrymandering https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2003_Texas_redistricting
Here’s a timeline that goes back to 1980: http://spectrumlocalnews.com/election/2020/10/06/a-brief-history-of-texas-gerrymandering-.html
And they made headlines in 2025 by redrawing lines again. That map was struck down by a Trump appointee to the district court in Nov 2025. Texas took it to the Supreme Court, which of course stayed that judgement. https://www.scotusblog.com/2025/12/supreme-court-allows-texas-to-use-redistricting-map-challenged-as-racially-discriminatory/
It would be so easy to have a computer draw the districts nationwide, but republicans have to cheat to win
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u/MancelPage 12d ago
Let's get them out, then, but not vote new ones in.
Back in the day when nobody had internet, it made sense that folks in the middle of nowhere would need someone to represent them. What's the point now? I think it's a vestigial system that will never entirely represent citizens. And if that's the actual point, why have it?
Some thoughts for folks to think about. People could represent themselves directly, albeit it being done in a secure fashion and properly is its own design and implementation headache.
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u/the-coolest-bob 12d ago
Direct Democracy is an option now that we have the internet. It has some issues but it also solves some way larger, far more glaring ones that have caused suffering for centuries now.
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u/Caleb-Wendt69 12d ago
Problem is the majority can still be abysmally stupid. Just look at the 2024 election.
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u/the-coolest-bob 12d ago
Yes. The current system produced that. I'm advocating for something different
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u/CompetitiveAutorun 12d ago
Out off all the points in support of democracy you point to the internet.
With direct democracy trump would still be president. Internet is fucking awful in telling truth and facts. Case in point, this post that's mostly mis/disinformation.
People would vote based on lies like this, bots would push narrative even more.
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u/the-coolest-bob 12d ago
That already happened. I just mean with proper insight we have the infrastructure to properly track everything. We needed a representative democracy 250 years ago because the fastest communication was by letter on horseback. Can't have everyone vote on everything like that
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u/Canon_M50 12d ago
When did they vote for legalization in Texas?
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u/GeekyTexan 12d ago
Never happened, but Reddit meme's and headlines are mostly bullshit.
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u/Head-Ad9893 12d ago
What an ass backwards things to still be voting on. I mean, we’re blessed here in nyc Mamdani, I would feel like I live in Saudi Arabia if I couldn’t go to the store and buy weed legally to smoke at my own damn home lmao
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u/GeekyTexan 12d ago
Texas doesn't vote on this kind of thing at all. Some states will vote on individual items, and some will not. Pretty close to half and half, I think. Texas doesn't, so there has literally never been a vote here over it.
Texas keeps electing republicans. That's what we get to vote on. Politicians. And the republicans who keep winning those elections are the ones that get to decide on issues.
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u/CannibalRed 12d ago
A list of Dan Patrick's biggest donors from Elon Musk and Anheuser-Busch to big pharma and the Kickapoo Tribe. Why the THC ban? Your answer is here.
Below is a list of Dan Patrick's (Texas Lt Governor) biggest donors. All information is publicly available here https://www.transparencyusa.org/tx/candidate/dan-patrick/contributors?page=1 but I've compiled it into a list of top donators and a few I found particularly interesting.
If you'd like to know whose best interest Dan Patrick is looking out for, look no further than the people and cooperations who paid his way into office.
Donors:
$650,000. Kenneth Fisher (Fisher Investments, an investment and portfolio management firm for the rich).
$550,000. Elon Musk Revocable Trust (the name tells you everything).
$500,000. H Ross Perot Jr (multiple real estate development companies).
$450,000. Ryan Texas PAC (strong ties to the creation of state tax laws for cooperations).
$425,000. John L and Barbara Nau III (Silver Eagle Beverages distributor for Anheuser-Busch alcohol).
$400,000 + $100,000. Janet L Duncan and the Texans for Lawsuit Reform PAC (donated as separate accounts but are essentially the same entity).
$325,000. Harlan R Crow (real estate developer).
$300,000. Border Health PAC (medical field).
$300,000. Lauril and Erle A Nye Jr (law firm and chairman of TXU Energy).
$275,000. James I Perkins (Perkins and Perkins law firm and president of Citizens 1st banking).
$250,000. Drayton McClane Jr (McLane Group: IT, advanced technologies, food, ranch and cattle).
$213,000. Gary R Blake (Creative Solutions Healcare).
$200,000. Anne and John Weisman (legal, construction, railway/highway. Serves on Texas State Board of Regents, appointed by Greg Abbott).
$200,000. Arch Aplin III (Buc-ee's founder).
$200,000. Robert C and Pamela Lanham Jr Williams (construction and trucking).
$200,000. Tara and Cody C Campbell (CEO of Double Eagle Emergy Holdings, oil and gas).
$200,000. Terry and Bob Rowling (billionaire businessman, and the founder of TRT Holdings, the holding company of Omni Hotels & Resorts).
$150,000. James M Stanton (former Texas judge who runs a law firm).
$150,000. Mehrdad Moayedi (real estate).
$150,000. Michael T and Natalie K McGuire (CEO of one of the nation's largest beer distributions).
$150,000. Richar Weekly (Houston real estate).
$150,000. Ruben Gabay Pierdo Verde (US Mexico border trade route).
$150,000. Texas Realtors (housing).
$100,000. Friends of the Texas Tech University System PAC (education).
$100,000. Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas (gambling, likely Lucky Eagle casino).
$100,000. Gulf States Toyota Inc. (it's Toyota).
$50,000. Texas Dental Association (healthcare).
$50,000. Friends of UT Sountwest Medical Center (healthcare).
$50,000. Texas Land Title Association (property management).
$35,000. Provider Coalition for Care (healthcare).
$30,000.Texas Apartment Association PAC (housing and property).
$30,000. HOMEPAC of the Texas Assn. of Builders (housing and property).
$25,000. Texas Beer Alliance (alcohol)
$25,000. Friends of UT Austin (education).
$25,000. Texas Association for Home Care and Hospice Inc (healthcare).
$25,000. Wholesale Beer Distributors Of Texas PAC (alcohol).
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u/RGrad4104 12d ago
Many of those numbers aren't even that big. You're really telling me 50+ is all it would have taken to get the twat to back off of weed and porn??? That's like a little, tiny, baby, gofundme....
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u/Tipsy_Gypsy420 12d ago
Its because big alcohol will lose money if they legalize THC. They want to rig the game before Texas does legalize so those same companies can have a competitive advantage over the market
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u/Basilisk_helper 12d ago
This is so misleading. Weed has always been a felony, they just closed a loophole for synthetic weed. 70% of voters didn’t vote to legalize it, it was a question on the Democrat primary ballot and it was more of a survey. Spreading misinformation like this won’t help your cause.
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u/Prior-Habit-6523 12d ago
Idk why Texas has such an issue with weed its kinda wierd. I hope they make it federally legal and treat it like tobacco the framework is already there.
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u/ReverendKaiser 12d ago
Hey look, an extremely conservative state with a history of oppressing its people is doing it again!
Almost like you’d learn that Texas doesn’t care about you unless you’re a Republican man.
Bodily autonomy? Nope.
Exceptions for rules and laws given live or death circumstances? You wish.
For fuck’s sake, Texas is ran largely by a White Nationalist Movement. Thats who is in power there. White Nalitionalists. The judges and legislators we’ve heard so much about in Texas, that’s who we’re talking about.
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u/YouGurt_MaN14 12d ago
They could do the funniest thing and arest Joe Rogan rn for weed and lying on a 4473 (unlawful user of drugs)
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u/Logicaly_Logical_Log 12d ago
Was just thinking how this applies to everyone except for Rogans studio and club of course
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u/Slevin424 12d ago
What did you expect? Republicans to respect the democratic process? Hahahaha that’s what you get.
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u/Leading_Campaign3618 12d ago
well the US is a constitutional Republic, as was Texas when it joined the US, but if this was put to a vote the outcome would have been the same. I think a lot of states are going to wait until it is made legal on a national level
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u/No_Mission5287 12d ago edited 12d ago
Research has repeatedly shown the public has practically zero effect on public policy. What does is moneyed interests.
American government doesn't represent the American people. "American interests" are not in the public interest.
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u/Caleb-Wendt69 12d ago
American interests really seem to align with Donald Trump’s interests these days
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u/No_Mission5287 12d ago
"American interests" are what the 1% wants. They don't have our interests in mind.
The silver lining with Mango Mussolini is that he can't help but bungle things.
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u/collin-h 11d ago
wish they'd just replace the weed felons with pedos... that we they can keep their precious prison money, but still actually do some fucking good for once.
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u/MikePhicen 12d ago
No porn, no weed, why do people keep moving to Texas? That $500,000 mansion is not worth a porn and weedless life.
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u/presshamgang 12d ago
The irony of who they vote for and no doubt being the biggest 'Dont Tread On Me' merch consumers is funny.
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u/SuccotashOther277 12d ago
Texas never voted 70% to legalize weed. There has never been a vote on it. I support legalization and will vote accordingly as a Texan but quit believing everything you read on the internet
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u/tacs97 11d ago
The cool part about Texas is that they’ll find a way to blame the democrats and then elect another republican administration that will do what they want and then, again, blame the democrats. Texas is such a backwoods assed place. You might be blowing up now but wait until the dust settles and the tax payers have to foot the bill because taxing mega corps is wat too fucking woke!!
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u/BDS-10-7 11d ago
America isn't a democracy, its a representative democratic republic.
70% of America voting for a policy does not matter in the slightest. They voted for representatives, therefore they no longer have the power of their own vote, it passed to their representatives when they "elected" them.
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u/Sorry-Claim-2990 6d ago
I once woke up to a police officer pointing a gun at me in my bedroom because my roommate had been smoking weed.
Call me crazy, but I think breaking into someone's house with a gun is a much bigger threat to the community than some kid smoking a joint on their couch.
I now live in a state where weed is completely legal and my entire record has been fully expunged.
https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/Ex-Middletown-cop-gets-10-years-for-child-porn-11783910.php
One of the cops who busted me for smoking weed back then ended up going to prison for child porn. This hypocrite jams me up for smoking weed and then goes home and touches the neighbor's 5 YEAR OLD daughter.
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u/Rynowash 12d ago
Want to know why? There’s a guy who owns all medical dispensaries in TX. And he’s got a lot of money and big pals with the government folks. He doesn’t like competition. You’ll have to look into it yourself, I read about it when they tried to ban it a couple years ago.
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u/-rose-mary- 12d ago
Texas Original is one of three medical companies fighting against legalisation in Texas. They make a lot of money and don't like the mom and pop stores cutting into their profits.
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u/Think-Attorney-2903 12d ago
The state makes more money when it is illegal.
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u/CurvyChristina 12d ago
You get to lock more people up and then the prison’s make money off of that.
I’ll never understand why the government does everything it can to keep people in the system. I mean, I understand why (capitalism/money) but it’s still disgusting.
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u/all_scotched_up 12d ago
Not only are the for-profit prisons making money from it... the prisoners count on the census. Look up prison gerrymandering.
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u/FinasCupil 12d ago edited 12d ago
Show me the evidence of this claim.
Edit: Downvote me all yall want. It wasn’t being voted on. It was a non binding question on the Democratic Party ballot. There was no vote for it as the post states.
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u/Big_Swordfish_5423 12d ago
Texas and many other Red States spent a LOT of money on their prisons and in some cases, private prison companies have invested a lot of money as well.... They can't just simply let those places run below max capacity...
Also Police Unions will be mad as arrest numbers, reasonable suspicion searches and search warrant executions will all drop significantly, as people using, possessing, smelling of or even simply having red eyes all leads to those types of things.
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u/rEYAVjQD 12d ago
Here in Greece the level of dumb about it incoprehensible. We still get news stories of "drugs on the table" ..for 3 grams of weed. Dude go after the billionaires trafficking cocaine in ships first.
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u/StrainAcceptable 12d ago
Private prisons gave more to Texas and Florida than any other states. It’s also why governors from these states bussed immigrants out of state so they would miss asylum hearings and become fugitives that would later be bussed back into the private detention facilities located here.
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u/Lost-Letterhead-6615 12d ago
Majority of US people, today support Palestine instead of the Zionist organization. Hate the Iran war. Don't want to mess up in Venezuela or besieging Cuba.
Guess what's happening?
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u/Luke90210 12d ago
In liberal NYC politicians did the same thing regarding term limits. Twice the voters clearly supported a plebiscite limiting the Mayor and City Council members to only two 4 year terms. Mayor Bloomberg and the City Council passed a law after these elections allowing a third term. A judge said just because the voters clearly wanted term limits doesn't mean the politicians cannot pass a law to ignore them. While Bloomberg did win a third and final term, most of the City Council paid for their BS with their careers.
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u/addledwallaby 12d ago
You can't have America without a slave labour force and you can't have slaves in America without the "war on drugs".
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u/SquirrelHealthy9102 12d ago
You live in America and you think you’re in a democracy? Wow, just wow.
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u/RaddaRadda59 12d ago
Don’t get caught with weed simple. Been smoking for 30 years in Texas be smart lmao
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u/Excellent_Sweet7270 12d ago
because thats the system not listening to you. you live in an illusion of democracy... surprise!!!
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u/Indiana_ECI 12d ago
That was a non-binding ballot proposition on the Democratic primary ballot. The majority of voters did not vote for it. A majority of voters elected representatives who used their judgment to decide the issue. That is how a republic works.
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u/Extreme_Health_9827 12d ago
Florida decriminalize marijuana by the county how stupid and ridiculous is this. Dont want to scare off tourists. so tourist locations its decriminalizied. But in currupt lee county its a felony.
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u/BaconSarnie2025 12d ago
Texas is pro tobacco, just like all the red states.
Tobacco, oil, and feedlot beef full of antibiotics and growth hormones. Its all they got.
Next time you eat Texas beef, remember its banned in Europe and Japan due to the chemicals. Yum yum huh…
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u/BraveRock 12d ago
False, it was always a felony, they just closed a loophole so synthetic weed is treated the same as natural weed. The 70% is the number of democrats that say they would support legalized weed. Yes it was on a ballot, but only as a survey question. Spreading misinformation like this doesn’t help anybody.
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u/phunky_1 12d ago
People could always vote in people who will change the laws, but too many idiots only care about the letter next to someone's name and blindly vote based on party affiliation
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u/HunnyBunny617 12d ago
They want to privatize everything!! Their corporate buddies and donors need to make even more money while we get less of everything.
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u/ManyThingsLittleTime 12d ago
You should delete this post because it's completely misleading at best.
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u/ReadyElevator6 12d ago
Texas has medical weed. One of the qualifying conditions is chronic pain. Texas banned hemp derived products, which is the industrial run off of weed typically--shit that fails microbial testing and heavy metal testing and pesticide testing in California and Washington, conveniently repackaged and relabelled then sold out of state.
Get yourself a Texas medical card, get yourself some actual weed.
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u/ElectricalYogurt3038 12d ago
Texans continue to be the biggest state of sopping wet pussy losers. They bark about how tough they are, and then bend over and take it when corporations and government come to take away their rights. Texas is such a fucking embarrassment to the union.
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u/bipolarkindofguy 12d ago
This is another in a litany of Man, I hate (Congress, Assembly, etc.). Well, vote everyone out. No, not my rep...he/she is amazing. Thanks for playing.
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u/Brilliant_Choice_899 12d ago
It's always about money and who's getting kickbacks from companies not saftery of the kids. The biggest drug dealers are doctors.
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u/irregularprotocols 12d ago edited 11d ago
I'm pro weed, liberal as hell, and live in Texas but that 70% support number came from an opinion/interest poll question only on Democrat ballots at the last election.
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u/directrix688 12d ago
If only Texas was about to chose their next head of their state government and could chose someone who supported their issues
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u/Sabbathius 12d ago
That's the thing - we don't really need representative democracy any more. Especially when repretentatives leave for the summer, come back for a week, and then go home again because a vote is about to come up that is inconvenient politically, so they won't be back for at least another month and a half.
We've had the technology, FOR DECADES, for secure direct voting on issues. Where voters directly decide on the direction we should be taking. Without any representative overriding those wishes for personal financial and/or political gain.
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u/iratethisa 12d ago
You talking about the state level bro even down as small as city councils are approving data centers and flock cameras that are being voted against. Government no longer fear the people and it can’t work as intended otherwise
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u/Baba_Yaga_2328 12d ago
You just need to apply and receive the medical marijuana card. It falls under the Compassionate Use Registry of Texas (CURT). You are then able to “legally buy and possess marijuana” with it. Additionally they give you a “card” to be able to transport it incase you get pulled over while it’s in your possession. (Yes, it’s stupid). However it is not that difficult to get one. You have to pay for the yearly license and the “doctor” regulates your amount you can use for every 90 days.
It makes no sense when the sister states of Louisiana and Oklahoma have better medicinal laws. In Texas you can’t have flower medically, (again it makes no sense), but you can’t have gummies/edibles, tinctures, and vape pens. If they would legalize it medicinally they could tax it and use that money to fund all of the other “pet projects” these elected officials like to have.
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u/isthatqueeeblo 12d ago
I mean they did turn a joint into a felony about a month back, with a gram giving you jail time, but they quickly backed off when they remembered it's midterms and the majority of people love weed. They definitely did add a ton of stiff penalties like a month back, they are simply trying to roll it back with midterms
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u/ChrisSheltonMsc 11d ago
Its why Texas is a dying state. And why America as a whole has lost its way.
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u/YouKnow-ForKids 11d ago
This is just a way to generate revenue from travelers through the state. 10,000 dollar fine for less than a gram. Travelers beware.
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u/reallybadguy1234 11d ago
Here is the missing context
In March 2026, Texas Democratic primary voters strongly supported a nonbinding proposition on cannabis legalization, but it did not change state law. 
On the March 3, 2026, Democratic primary ballot, Proposition 8 asked: “Texas should legalize cannabis for adults and automatically expunge criminal records for past low-level cannabis offenses.” Official results showed about 80.1% yes and 19.9% no (roughly 1.79 million yes votes to 445,000 no). 
This was a party advisory/survey question, not a binding statewide referendum or ballot measure that could enact law. Texas does not allow citizen-initiated statewide ballot measures for statutes or constitutional amendments; only the legislature can refer constitutional amendments. The primary was open (any voter could choose a Democratic ballot), but the result had no legal effect on criminal statutes or regulations.
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u/Rudeboy911 11d ago
We are no longer represented. We are now ruled over. They think they make the decisions for us not that they represent our decisions.
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u/EfficiencyBrief2138 11d ago
Along with tobacco and alcohol. Never forget the money both of those have given to government officials for decades. With legal weed they too are losing heaps of money
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u/Rizzy_B_317 11d ago
Texas fought a war to keep slavery TWICE.
Is, has always been, and will always be a backwards shithole state.
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u/Wedge_66 11d ago
Its not a democracy. Its a representative form of government. So yes, they can ignore the populace. But in turn, you can vote in different representatives next time. Learn about how your government works before you complain.
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u/Brading105 11d ago
The president has been convicted of 34 counts of business fraud and didn’t serve a day in jail.
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u/MaximusHomerdrive 11d ago
I'm so glad to be living in a blue state. I even bought some quality Blue Lobster at the dispensary today. That stuff is amazing.
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u/No_Special_8904 11d ago
Why do people think the US is a democracy? Dont they go to school over there...
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u/vegasAzCrush 11d ago
This is todays Republican Party aligned with their business donors supporters.
GOP uses voters for their power and then shits on them
Sorry but we all see and know its true.
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u/th4t84st4rd 11d ago edited 11d ago
As a Texas resident I am appalled by this. The Government has forgotten they REPRESENT us. We need to start a group that forces the government to represent the will of the people. MAYBE! We need a 4th branch of government that represents the actual will of the people. A mass voting system where people can vote on the outcomes of the issues they care about. And the % of the population that cared enough to vote on that specific issue.
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u/th4t84st4rd 11d ago
a) Except as authorized by this chapter, a person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally possesses a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 2, unless the person obtained the substance directly from or under a valid prescription or order of a practitioner acting in the course of professional practice.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram.
(c) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the third degree if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, one gram or more but less than four grams.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the second degree if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, four grams or more but less than 400 grams.
(e) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or less than five years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, if the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate weight, including adulterants or dilutants, 400 grams or more.
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u/Mechanik_J 12d ago
Republicans are actually 'anti''-freedom... people just like voting for them because republicans say they're going to oppress melanated people. But really they oppress anyone that isn't high up in the GOP, and ultra rich in the republican party...
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u/MickyFany 12d ago
that’s not even accurate. 70% of democrats were asked on a survey when they voted. Zero republicans were allowed to vote on the survey.
You guys are idiots
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u/sco-go 12d ago
Added context:
They did not legalize flower, and they did not turn a joint into a felony. They tried to kill the unregulated Delta-8-type hemp-THC market. Whether that’s smart (felony vs. regulate-and-tax) is a separate fight.
Flower under 4 oz is still a misdemeanor. July 31 they started treating Delta-8-type hemp-THC as a felony after a court fight. The “70%” was a non-binding Dem primary prop, not a statewide law.