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https://www.newsnationnow.com/health/thc-ban-bill-texas-protecting-kids-six-year-flaw/
A bill that would ban all products containing THC is now on
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk after the Senate late Sunday
approved the House version of the bill advanced by the lower
chamber last week. NewsNation’s Xavier Walton says lawmakers
feel the bill will protect children.
“We can’t regulate it,” said Dan Patrick, Lt. Gov of Texas.
“We don’t have enough police to check every store, when
there are 8 to 9,000 of them.”
The bill came alongside a push by Texas Republicans to
expand the state’s medical marijuana program significantly.
Under the new ban, possession of hemp products now
carries a dramatically stricter penalty — a year in jail.
The rule fixes a loophole in the 2019 Consumable Hemp Law
that didn’t allow products to contain more than trace
amounts of delta-9 THC, nor establish that same threshold
for other hemp derivatives.
. . .
First off - CLUE - such rules will ENCOURAGE the
youth to consume MORE. A human nature thing. The
more The State demands, the greater the resistance,
the more work-arounds. Doesn't MATTER if it's "for
the best" or just for "more state power".
Suckin' THC stuff is RESISTING "THE MAN". That's
the eternal psychology. Surest way to make
something extra popular is to BAN it.
Second ... veggie 'pot' is kind of Last Century.
Smugglers will bring in little hermetically sealed
tubes of PURE THC. Even the doggies won't be able
to smell it. It will be added to veggies and such
IN-STATE.
How MANY kiddies do you want to put in prison/programs ?
It's gonna be a LOT ... like at least HALF or better.
Short version, as long proven, you cannot BEAT this down.
The bigger the club the bigger the resistance. People
are people.
Now, said, it's NOT good if loads of The People/Youth
are stoned out of their minds all the time. 'Democracy'
and indeed the whole social structure requires MOST
people to be straight-up and sane. It ALL falls down
otherwise.
A sort of "with extreme moderation" paradigm is the
best approach. Alas govt doesn't usually WORK that
way - ALL or NOTHING instead. Fanatics at both gates.
Sanity, FORGET it here. We're talking base level
neurology, What We Are from top to bottom.
Hmmmm ... ever see a little film generally called
"FireFly" ? The State tried to 'fix' people on the
mass scale - WITH the "best intentions". VERY VERY
bad results. I tend to think this wasn't 'fiction'
so much as 'visionary' ...........
There are certain "basic issues" where fanaticism
is NEVER of good use.
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