After years of busting non-violent pot smokers for small amounts, Perry and company finally heeded to the people. Even if was for budget concerns, it still means alot to us Texans.

Even if it was based on financial concerns, it still has an underpinning of moral concerns. The thing is politicians feel a lot better when they can be seen as saving money, instead of soft on drugs and crime! By continuing the prohibition and putting sales in the hands of dealers, they assure there will be a supply available to teens, and younger kids, who cannot buy alcohol! Isn't Texas the state that has reported the "cheese" problem? They need to open their eyes! They are handing their dead children's heads, to the drug dealers, on platters, at a dollar a hit!! Drug dealers don't card!

You want to get the drugs out of the hands of our children, including teens? Then regulate it like alcohol and make it legal for adults! End the prohibition. And minimize the deaths!

They need to make is free and make everone do it. There be no war.

Im coming back DFW 817

Great for Texas 1 step closer, marijuana should not be illegal the war on drug is not working never has never will. DEA should be shut down if the law was respectable !! aka the criminals !! will respect the law
but the law is not respectable so the law wont be followed legalize marijuana and other drugs.
tax it help the homeless and the poor.

I got busted with foil paper and a lighter
they charged me with possesion of marijuana less than a ounce
thats bull shit
I dont mind the charge the judge fines you put you on probation and makes you go to rehab dui school many more thats crap rehab for marijuana lets get real united states law are not respectable.

fo sho

When will our laws REALLY reflect the people's concern?

When will our laws be based on justice and NOT money?

When will our laws protect citizens instead of harm families and society at large? In other words, make our jails and prisons a place to put criminals not (non-violent, harmless) drug users!!!

In the past our laws have let child molesters and rapists go to free up space to house drug offenders.

I agree, drug users dont belong in prison. Worst case some poor crack head needs help, not jail. I remember when they were setting violent offenders free for the sake of the B.S. war on drugs, I remember the B.S. videos about Dope(pot) in school, I remember this government as the one that let us get bombed by our own planes, who sat and watched thousands of innocent die in tragedy along the coast. And not to mention Aiding in the poor living conditions of those who could benefit from weed. They bark and howl that it is a drug and harmfull, but when i compare weed to ANY scripted drug, or even tylenol, weed hasnt any similar properties. But the stuff killing the lab rats is ok to approve by the FDA and deemed safe to humans ? WTF? We are in need of reform, at most levels of government. So it might just be in the hands of us after all. Of the people by the people for the people ? where?

just my thoughts
wolf×

so is it just a ticket now?

A friend was pulled over in Williamson County by a county deputy because her tag light was out. Officer asked her did she have anything illegal in her car. He then searched her car and found a small amount of pot (less than a quarter ounce -- not pound but ounce.) Her car was impounded and she was arrested and spent the night in jail. This happened on 10/16/07. She now faces possible jail time as well as a fine. She has no other convictions.

I was pulled over on Friday night 11/15/2007 because my license tag was expired, it hadn't even been a year, and showed him the receipt. He wrote me a ticket and I was going to be on my way, then the drug task showed up and search my car while a female officer searched me, and found a small roach maybe two puffs worth, which I didn't even I had. I was arrested and my car was impounded. I was in jail at 1am and wasn't even booked until 7am, the booking officer told me she didn't know why they wanted to wait so long until booking, and asked me if I had been drinking. I told her no I had not been drinking and that I don't drink. I would like to know why I was made to wait so long? and Why didn't they offer me to make my call? I'm going to file on the officer, this is my 1st offense. What a bunch of bs.

My husband was pulled over for no reason that the cop gave him.This was Liberty Co,Cleveland,Texas.My husband had 1 blunt on him,he has HEP C he got this diesease while working as a CNA in a Nursing Home,he has been dealing with his HEP C for sometime.The Marijuana helps with his aliments,nobody on the law enforcement side seems to understand any of this.He was arrested,the family van was impounded and a week later my husband was released from jail with 6 months probation,attending drug class in which he will recieve a certificate stating that he has completed his classes,he must take the certificate to his employer showing that he is a certified drug offender.Pay out the a$$ in fines.Good Luck to us this is his last month on probation.What are you gonna do???

I MEAN REALLY. WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THIS SCENARIO...EVERYONE'S TRYING SO HARD RIGHT NOW BUT AR FACED WITH FORECLOSURES, HIGH GAS PRICES, HIGH COST OF FOOD BECAUSE OF HIGH GAS PRICES, BEING UNDERPAID IN MOST JOBS, STRESSES IN RELATIONSHIPS, DIVORCE, THE INABILITY TO DO FOR YOUR CHILDREN WHAT THEY SEE ON TV, CLOTHING IS SO EXPENSIVE ETC. JUST DAY TO DAY STRESS.
IF YOU MAKE IT THROUGH THE DAY WITHOUT SNAPPING YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO GO HOME OR ANY OTHER PLACE THAT ALLOWS SMOKING AND TOKE ON A GOOD JOINT. NOTICE I SAID JOINT BECAUSE BLUNTS ARE MUCH LIKE SMOKING CIGARETTES AND RELEASE CARCINOGENS FOR SECOND HANDERS TO INHALE AND EXTRACT ALL THE POISONS THAT COME WITH INHALING TOBACCO SMOKE. I THINK THAT IF YOU CAN MAKE THE CHOICE TO SMOKE TOBACCO, YOU SHOULD HAVE THE CHOICE OF A HEALTHER MORE SOOTHING ALTERNATIVE.

THINK ABOUT THIS...CIGARETTES COME WITH A WARNING THAT YOU CAN GET CANCER AND LOTS OF OTHER HORRIBLE DISEASES. ALCOHOL HAS WARNINGS BUT SINCE THERE IS A NEED BECAUSE OF OUR HUMAN NATURE TO HAVE A SOOTHER ALCOHOL IS PERMITTED. HAVE YOU EVER HEARD OF MAWS? (MOTHERS AGAINST WEED SMOKING) THERE HAS BEEN NO MURDERS, NO IMPAIRMENTS CAUSED PURELY BY WEED AND THE WORST THING THAT CAN HAPPEN IS YOU SMOKE YOURSELF TO SLEEP OR YOU LAUGH AT NOT SO FUNNY THINGS. WHERE IS THE CRIME IN THAT?

THER TRUTH IS THERE HAS TO BE SOME IDIOT SITTING ON HIGH THAT MAKES THE DECISION TO JAIL PEOPLE FOR MARIJUANA BUT THAT SAYS ALCOHOL IS TOLERABLE BECAUSE ITS BEEN AROUND A WHILE AND WHAT GOOD IS A PARTY WITHOUT ALCOHOL. AND CIGARETTES THOUGH BAD ARE OK BECAUSE THE GOOD OLE BOY NEXT DOOR ENJOYS THEM, JUST WARN OTHER ABOUT WHAT WILL HAPPEN FROM LONG TERM USE.

MY DADDY SMOKED WEED AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. I AS A CHILD THOUGHT THE JOINTS WERE HOME ROLLED CIGARETTES. AS FOR THE CHILDREN... OUT OF 7, 4 SMOKED POT OF WHICH 2 SMOKED CIGARETTES, 5 OF US DRINK OCCASIONALLY, 1 SMOKES CIGARS. 2 HAVE POSSESSION CHARGES, 4 HAVE BETTER THAN 4 YEAR DEGREES, 7 HAVE AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL EDUCATION. THE 2 THAT HAVE POSSESSION CHARGES OF WHICH 1 IS 22 HOURS FROM A BACHELORS DEGREE BUT AFTER THE POSSESSION CHARGE AFFECTED HIS ABILITY TO FIND A JOB DECIDED WTF? AND DIDNT GO BACK. WHAT A WASTE, BUT HOW MANY PRIOR BACHELOR DEGREE PURSUITS ENDED FALLING SHORT OF DEGREE GLORY? 1 CHILD WAS MURDERED AT EARLY 30 BY SOMEONE THAT WAS INTOXICATED AND UNDER THE INFLUENCE OF COCAINE, THE OTHERS ALL WORK OR ARE SELF EMPLOYED EARNING FROM $35000 TO $100000.

ONLY 1 SIBLING SMOKES OCCASIONALLY NOW BUT I AM SURE AT LEAST 2 OTHER WOULD STILL SMOKE IF IT WERE NOT FOR THE FEAR OF REJECTION OR WORSE CHARGES OR INABILITY TO GET A DECENT JOB.

MY REAL COMMENT IS THIS.

BEING THAT MARIJUANA IS ILLEGAL YOUR CHILDREN FIND THEIR HIGHS IN YOUR MEDICINE CABINET, IN EXOTIC LAB CREATED DRUGS THAT THE SIDE EFFECTS ARE FAR WORSE THAN THE MUNCHEES AND FALLING ASLEEP ON THE SOFA, THAT LEAVE YOU SENSELESS AND INCAPABLE OF RATIONAL THINKING FOR YEARS TO COME, THAT IS 90% GUARANTEED TO GIVE YOU AND/OR THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU INHALING THE SAME AIR SOME DREADFUL CANCER, OR WORSE ALCOHOL THAT WILL LEAVE YOU SENSELESS AND INCOHERENT OR NULL AND VOID AND NUMB....WHAT DOCUMENTED PROOF HORRIBLE SIDE AFFECTS OF POT SMOKING EXISTS?

AND ON ANOTHER THOUGHT OUR POLITICIANS ARE NOT GOD, THOUGH THEY ACT LIKE IT SOMETIMES. WHAT GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO DIRECT YOU TO OPTIONS THAT CARRY A FAR LESSER PENALTY AND IS AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE AND TAXED BUT ARE FAR MORE DAMAGING? OR IS IT THAT ITS TAXED AND MAKING MONEY FOR THE GREEDY HAVES AND KILLING THE HAVE NOTS AND THROWING THEM IN JAIL AND REALLY IN ACTUALITY KEEPING THEM FROM BECOMING THE HAVES THEY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BE? WHAT HAPPENED TO CHOOSING THE LESSER EVIL?

I DONT SEE THE POINT.

SIGNED,

SJ JUST MISSING MY WEED IN DESOTO TX

MY TYPING NEVER WAS....

SJ

ok soooo I came across this webpage when I recicved a call from a possibly employee that was very interested in me for working for them. " We found on your background check that you have a misdemoner from this year. Sorry we cant place you in our workplace." I, myself, was very shocked! Yes its true I do have a misdemenor for a P.O.M charge of < then 2 oz. I felt I was wrongfully arressted on the date of January 29. 2008 for the possienson of a dime..yes a dime.

Let me tell you how it all happen:
On the nite of January 29. 2008.....I bought a dime sack for me and my boyfriend and a couple of our friends to smoke. On returning from the trip on foot from purchasing the bud all by myself, I returned home to find my boyfriend horribly sick. Immeditaly scrurring to the hospital choffurred by my mom, I arrived, only to stay a long nite at the hostipal til 4:30am in the morning. Upon arrival to the apartments of where I was staying due to my homeless situation, I rolled a blunt, me and my boyfriend were smoking outside on the friends porch, my friend came outside to ask if he could smoke and I told him, "No. I dont like to smoke with people I dont ever smoke with and people who dont ever smoke." He still persisted to ask and ask and like a parent of a child i gave in. Just like anyone who smokes, he took large hits and inhaled deeply, soon after the hits, the blunt was now a roach and i put out, only to not know what was to come around the corner of my life. The friend of mine said all in good hearted thank yous and said he felt good, going inside to what I thought to enjoy his high, he was gone and disappered into the apartment. Still outside with my boyfriend and my other friend who didnt smoke, we talked and lit cigaretts...taking drags was like counting down the clock of what was going to happen. As i pursuited inside to rest my aching body and drained mind, I was ready to sleep. Laying on the couch with my boyfriend, we both heard aloud clashing and breaking noise of what to me sounded like a thousand chimes of glass was breaking in my head. I, the only one, who was really aware of the loud noise, my other friend came in from his cigarette, We both asked out loud," What did ____ break?" Ushering ourselves to the backroom, we heard more glass breaking, finally inside the darken room, I turned on the light, to only see my friend stuck in the window, like it was a cobwebb of glass. Panicking and scared, I try to tell him not to pull his arms out but it was too late, he was walking towards my friend, holding out his arm in a bloody hug, only to collaspe halfway in between the hallway and the bathroom. My friend scared and frighten rush to his cell phone calling 911, reporting the incident, I watched of puddle of blood formed underneath my friend. Thats when I begin to talk to him and to bring him back from the death he was barley escaping, finally awaking, he sat up and I begin to wrap his arms in white towels, they became easily soaked in blood. He stared at me with hate in his eyes," This is all your fault." I looked puzzled, "No, you decided to make an irresponsible decsion all on your own, there is noone else to blame but yourself." As soon as the converstation was cut, his mother stormed in from is front door and was upset as any parent would be, I explained to her what had happen and she became irratiate and I begin to gather my things and rushed out the front door with ther following. All i thought at that time was....." I have to get out of here! Fast!" trying to find a way out of this hell, I saw a fence and was about to climb, " Freeze!" a loud voice came ten feet from behind. I casually walked over to the officer and he behind to question me to what happen and seemed less less concern of my friend, " Look officer!!!! You have to help my friend! He is bleeding to death!" He laughed and begin to search me for weapons. " Why are you searching me?", he answered, " To make sure you dont have any weapons." I looked at him shocked, " Excuse me? You think I would do this to my own friend?" He glared me in the eyes, " Hell, I dont know. You could of." I was floored when he told me that. In any state of mind either sober or high I would never thought of doing anything to any of my friends. He beind to search my items, packs and packs of different assorted tobbacco packs then sum shake, " Whats this?" he looked in question. " Whats what sir." He pointed with a guilty finger," That dumbass." I searched my dazed and tired mind for an answer, " Hachei, Hooka tobacco sir." He looked in disbelief...." What?ever!? Thats marijauna...Put your hands behind your back like your praying, your going to jail!" He throw me in the back of the patrol vechicle like I was nothing and let my boyfriend go and I stared at him walking away as he seemed so lost, only to look back at me, with wet eyes. I was thrown into jail for seventeen days and ever since then I have hated the fact that I got locked up for a dime and I hate that everything in my life is never going to ever be the same, my record is never gonna be clean, I lost the love of my life and not I cant forward with my life at all. Thanks alot williamson county. How I'am gonna move on with life......?

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Atascosa county- south 37 or 281, south of San Antonio.
Cops were jerk- i told them i didn't consent to the search but they 'smelled' pot on us. Enough to search the car- found small amount of 'contraband' on my wife, i.e. 1.5 grams. Gave them enough to search the trunk and found the rest of out total 3g. stash. Arrested and given a $3000 bond and still waiting for court. Not only that, but my wife as a first time offender was given a $2000 bond. FOR 4 GRAMS TOTAL! Absolute bullshit!
While is spent my 24 hours in jail, for a non-violent, didn't hurt anyone yet cost everyone 'criminal act', there was another few arrests later. One in particular was a 19 year old kid freaking out due to too much xanex. They LET HIM GO. Booked him, let him relax for a minute and then BAM, out of jail. SO, the moral of the Texass law system is thus: prescription or not, man made is ok. (he took them for recreation purposes, not for medical purposes.)
Anyways, I am resigned to stop giving Texas my hard earned tax monies and forfeit my vote here for a better state. One that is more congruent with reason and justice- not a state willing to sentance its non-violent offenders to the same fate as murderers, rapists and other types (if we had stayed a day longer, we'd been put into 'population' or the regular crowd in the jail).

okay yeah i smoke marijuana
i DONOT drive while entoxicated
but, sometimes i have it on me while im driving
if i get pulled over, searched && they find it on me
what could be my fine ? or whats gonna happen to me really ??
im 18 years old,female, & i stay in houston texas....
(jus givin my info since i see its different in every state & for a male/female )

i'm a 16 year old female in texas. and i smoke weed. i do drive under the influence. but it is very different from driving while drunk. my aunt recently got pulled over with a roach in her car. she spent the morning in jail and is on probation now. my uncle got 6 months probabtion and was caught with a quarter sac. so i'm not sure if that answers your question. hope i helped

Since Marijuana is still unfortunetly illegal, God hoping that will change soon, be aware of your rights. I have read so many comments where police have searched your car. Why would you let them?! Clear up the "probable cause" issue by using some visine. If a cop asks you if he can search your car tell him/her no. Unless your in Wilco I don't imagine the K-9 unit being brought out. Yes Williamson County is ruthless, but that is common knowledge. Be carefule if your driving within those County lines.

Oh and as far as calling anyone who smokes Cannabis white trash your completely delusioned. Just as you probably are on the drug itself. I am a conservative republican graduate from Texas A&M and a very productive member of society. I suffer from severe depression and marijuana has helped me stay driven, focused, and downright happy. Results no psychologist I've seen to date, regardless of the many legal prescription pills they gave me, has been able to do. My father passed away of cancer a number of years ago. I watched him day after day in the hospital barely able to choke down half a Dr.Pepper every meal. According to the docter that was pretty good for a patient on Chemo. That was 75 calories every meal. I recently saw a report on a 17 year old girl going through the same ordeal. Her MOTHER brought her cannabis after seeing her daughter wither away and guess what? Her appetite improved, she claims it helps with the pain and nausea better than any drug her docters had given her, and now she has a much better chance of recovery. I WISH the government would have allowed my father that same opportunity. Even if the outcome were the same if it had helped with the sickness in the least who is to say that is wrong? You Mr. I'll follow you home and beat the daylights out of you? Go hate on someone you actually have some ground to stand on against.

The sad truth is that it has many more applications if people would open their mind to something that you've just being propagated to hate since you were young. This isn't going to be a hippy movement. No one under 21 should be legal allowed to purchase or smoke it still. As of July 2008 there were 300 million people in America. The National Institute of Drug Abuse say 100 million people have tried it at least once. Thats 1/3 of America! That could be a ton of money generated in taxes.

Think about it.

Police officers don't make the laws but are expected, indeed obligated, to enforce them.

I don't mind helping the helpless however, the clueless are on their own.

my god someday.just like the country came to its senses regarding prohibition. it will be legal the question then becomes can we survive untill then? when i first started smoking in texas people would get ten years for two seedsthings have improvd butjus like there was a time when slavery was thought to be a reasonable thing but now justice prevails sort of right now the state is holding my kids hostage until i quit smoking pot his is an unspeakable evil . blackmailed in dallas

Hmm, I live in Denver and it is legal here up to an oz. I did not know that people still went to jail for that?!? Denver Police don't even confiscate your bud, if your caught with it. That sucks for you guys. Let me guess, it's a republican state?

My best friend is such a harmless person, he just started hanging out with the wrong people and yesterday night he and his friend were pulled over for a traffic violation. So the cop ended up searching his car and found a pipe underneath the passenger seat, so that gave him a reason to check my friend and found some marijuana in his pocket but it was definetly not a quarter pound if anything it was just enough to roll a blunt. And yet they take him in to the downtown police station and the driver was let go with a ticket? So how exactly does this HB2391 shit work because obviously cops arent going by this rule. I am against pot in every single way but when i see that they didnt have to take him to jail then this pisses me off. Give him a huge fine but really whats the purpose of making him go threw that. He was freaked out as it was.

Can a person move to say New Mexico, California, or Colorado from Texas and say become a resident in N.M. and qualify for Medical Marijuana? Texas used to be a state you wished you could live in and now it is the complete opposite!!!! Why are we so slow to deal with something as important as Medical marijuana for seriously ill people!!!! I'm moving cause I have no choices in Texas!

I like Obama OK, however I seem to be the minority in this very unstable economy this country has. I'm not sure whether Obama has the stones to get re-elected next election?! Things seem to be getting worse and worse! He has already given his opinion on his approval of Medical Marijuana. Why doesn't he make this a federal case: For the use of Medical Marijuana and approve it! I could almost assure him the presidency next term with all that's happening! He should be stronger in taking action instead of talking about it! What are they waiting for? Are they waiting for BP to plug up the leak in the gulf? I really think God is mad as heck about this leak and we haven't a clue to when, if ever, the leak will be fixed?! If the latter occurs we'll all need to smoke a little and Obama can kiss the presidency goodbye!

Well the idea was good however no one uses it. The only county that even considers not taking you to jail is Travis county anywhere else in Texas they don't care you are screwed. I live in Travis county and i have never heard or seen a cop give out a ticket for possession of marijuana you go straight to jail! The Jails prove it This is a REAL FACT. I watched car thieves, and some one who put another person in ICU because they were driving drunk get less of a sentence then me with a misdemeanor pot charge here in Austin. As far as a job goes your screwed. I am not a criminal I have never made less then 60k a year for the last ten years. Pay all my taxes on time have a family pay all my bills and have worked for Major corporations and been super successful. Well I was Layed off from DELL because they gave my job to some one in INDIA.
I went to College and because i had a bag of pot I am Now labeled a hardened Criminal I Can NOT even get a job at a gas station. Trying to save tax payers money is a JOKE. I am being forced to live off the government I want to work but i am being forced too. This is crazy I pay my probation fees with money the government gives me WTF this is not a good system. SO the government will never get taxes from me again and they are going to pay for me to live for the rest of my life because of a pot charge this is so stupid. I feel like they are telling me to go sell drugs that is my only option what kind of society is this. Marijuana needs to be decriminalized period it does not hurt any one. The only job I may be able to get like construction or something I cant get hired because I am not A FOREIGNER I am a American all the jobs that I can get Immigrants have.

Ha ha 4 years later...this fucking state