The phony reefer ticket

Posted on January 3, 2008 | Comments Off on The phony reefer ticket

On the surface it looks like Texas pols have finally gotten some common sense in the failed and futile drug wars. This year peace officers can merely ticket someone with less than four ounces of marijuana. But it’s still a Class A (up to one year in jail) or B (up to six months) misdemeanor. The only folks benefiting here are the cops who don’t have to take time to drive you to jail, and the county which doesn’t have to spend more money on bigger jails to house all the possession cases. Despite that, only Travis County (the People’s Republic of Austin) seems to be ready to use the new law–the state’s other 253 counties are afraid it might make them look lenient. Is this a sign of more common sense to come? Not likely.

Via Mouth of the Brazos

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0 responses to “The phony reefer ticket”

  1. jdallen's avatar jdallen | January 3, 2008 at 5:08 pm |

    I thought the link to his page in my post would suffice, but I need to say it too, I reckon, that I was clued in on this by Houston’s Clear Thinkers.
    If I had a clue how to paste a link in here, I’d do it.

  2. jdallen's avatar jdallen | January 3, 2008 at 5:08 pm |

    I thought the link to his page in my post would suffice, but I need to say it too, I reckon, that I was clued in on this by Houston’s Clear Thinkers.
    If I had a clue how to paste a link in here, I’d do it.

  3. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | January 3, 2008 at 6:40 pm |

    Sorry about that. I should have linked to your post on it instead of to your blog generally. I fixed it.

  4. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | January 3, 2008 at 6:40 pm |

    Sorry about that. I should have linked to your post on it instead of to your blog generally. I fixed it.

  5. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | January 7, 2008 at 9:31 am |

    As a veteran smoker, I do not feel any forgiveness to weed users, they give us all a bad name. There was a period when I was rolling my own, from that Dutch stuff (Drum or something, I do not remember) and was almost arrested for it in US. A DEA guy happened to have a coffee in the same place… A non-smoker, I have to add 😉

  6. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | January 7, 2008 at 9:31 am |

    As a veteran smoker, I do not feel any forgiveness to weed users, they give us all a bad name. There was a period when I was rolling my own, from that Dutch stuff (Drum or something, I do not remember) and was almost arrested for it in US. A DEA guy happened to have a coffee in the same place… A non-smoker, I have to add 😉

  7. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | January 7, 2008 at 9:34 am |

    How wasteful. I always used a pipe. Oh, wait…

  8. Dick Stanley's avatar Dick Stanley | January 7, 2008 at 9:34 am |

    How wasteful. I always used a pipe. Oh, wait…