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Home 🌿 Marijuana Politics 🌿 One more marijuana idea from Rep. David Simpson — a bill to end pot prohibition 🌿One more marijuana idea from Rep. David Simpson — a bill to end pot prohibition
Rep. David Simpson, R-Longview, on Jan. 11, 2011, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Yesterday was Texas Independence Day. It was fitting that Rep. David Simpson used the occasion to file a sweeping bill (HB 2165) that would end marijuana prohibition in Texas. I posted an item yesterday about his “Christian case for drug law reform.” Little did I know that this Longview Republican had put a radical pot bill in the hopper.
A news release from Simpson’s office called the proposal a first in the nation; i.e., it would end marijuana prohibition but NOT substitute a different regulatory scheme. From the statement:
“I am proposing that this plant be regulated like tomatoes, jalapeños or coffee.”
Rep. Simpson continued, “Current marijuana policies are not based on science or sound evidence, but rather misinformation and fear. All that God created is good, including marijuana. God did not make a...
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