Texas has been slow to legalize pot. Cities are trying to decriminalize it. Paxton says they can’t.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/2024/02/07/476823/attorney-general-ken-paxton-is-suing-austin-over-its-pot-laws-so-what-are-they/

#Crime #News #Texas #DecriminalizeMarijuana #MarijuanaInTexas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing five cities — Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton — to block their ordinances decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession.

https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/crime/2024/02/01/476059/ken-paxton-sues-five-texas-cities-that-decriminalized-marijuana/

#Crime #News #DecriminalizeMarijuana #TexasAttorneyGeneralKenPaxton #TexasLegislature #TexasLocalGovernmentCode

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/27/world/asia/lee-sun-kyun-parasite-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.JE0.0xUa.zB-gZBEJUqzk&smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare

“Drug arrests have surged since President Yoon Suk Yeol declared a “war on drugs.” More than 17,000 people were arrested on drug charges nationwide this year, an increase from about 10,400 in 2019”

#nancyReagan #DARE

When my dad was dying & I went to🇰🇷I brought marijuana cartridges w/me.. ended up needing them for myself

Prior visits he warned me🇰🇷had strict drug laws &🦮at airport but never saw them & thought he was messing with me

“Hard drugs” in🇰🇷 just so everyone knows, is considered marijuana which this article doesn’t mention, so I thought I might. Obviously there’s other club drugs but it’s not heroin & cocaine like this article would naturally make one think

Funnily enough I don’t consume pot anymore (when I did it was prolific Snoopy Dog Level, yes I know it’s Snoop) but still believe #decriminalizeMarijuana

#bigPharma will have none of it as then most of their drugs would be irrelevant

The hybrids & different effects are amazing these days & not your mother’s marijuana🍃🥬🌲

#HumanRightsViolationsBuiltIn: The return of 1990s-style stop-and-frisk policing in Eric Adams' NYC has been a civil-liberties disaster — with more racial profiling, a spike in unconstitutional stops, and little impact in crime. So why is Mayor-elect Cherelle Parker still planning to bring this bad policy to Philadelphia?

https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/stop-and-frisk-new-york-philadelphia-20231109.html

#DecriminalizeMarijuana #StopBrokenTaillightPolicing #EndQualifiedImmunity