- Target:
- Texas Legislature
- Region:
- United States of America
- Website:
- bandsofbuds.com
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In addition to the petition for Full Legalization of Marijuana in the State of Texas, another petition has also been created for the Full Legalization of Marijuana in the United States of America due to overwhelming response! Will you add your name to ours? If this petition gets 100,000 signatures by February 11, 2015, the White House will review it and respond!
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"Local and state authorities in Texas spent an estimated $746 million combined on arresting marijuana offenders in 2013, over 71,000 arrests in all."
That's very sad because that's a lot of wasted money and a lot of good people wasting away in jail over an herb. Our government could instead use that money to improve our state school systems or fix the pot holes on our streets so that we don't throw our Starbucks all over the headliners of our cars! It seems like the only argument authorities have as to why medicinal cannabis, or decriminalization of cannabis, should not be allowed is that it will eventually lead to full legalization.
If that is what they are concerned about, then let's go ahead and talk about that. Everyone knows that the ultimate goal of our movement is for full legalization at this point in time. To ask for legalization of a substance for medicinal use only, a substance that is used recreationally as well in equal if not much higher numbers, is not a very progressive thing to do in this day and age. The argument against approval of cannabis for medicinal use is that it will fund the illegal side of the equation, which they are correct in that some individuals will always try to take advantage of a situation if they can. That side of the equation is what has never been addressed and is not going away now or anytime in the foreseeable future.
Cannabis is a plant that has been used by many people all around the world for many different reasons for many years. People have continued to use it for years in our country, for whatever their own reasons, even though it has been deemed of no value under our current law. It continues to be used today in even greater numbers despite all of the efforts made to persecute people who choose to enjoy its many benefits.
The only solution to this problem is full legalization and regulation. If full legalization is passed our state will enjoy tremendous economic windfalls and soaring tax revenues. "Many argue that the costs of prohibition far outweigh any possible negatives of penalty reduction or legalization. A conservative estimate shows a net-gain of over $900 million from cannabis legalization."
We know our state could do a lot of good things with money that we will never see unless we stop persecuting a plant and the innocent people who have enjoyed it for thousands of years and will continue to for thousands more! As one of the greatest minds our world has ever known once said, "The world as we have created it is a process of our thinking. It cannot be changed without changing our thinking." - Albert Einstein
What the Obama Administration Has to Say About Legalizing Marijuana
Cited source:
Texas Sheriff's Association Says They Will Fight All Marijuana Bills
A petition for an amendment to the Texas Constitution concerning marijuana, and, in connection therewith, providing for the regulation of marijuana; permitting a person twenty-one years of age or older to consume or possess limited amounts of marijuana; providing for the licensing of cultivation facilities, product manufacturing facilities, testing facilities, and retail stores.
Also for permitting local governments to regulate or prohibit such facilities; requiring the general assembly to enact an excise tax to be levied upon wholesale sales of marijuana; requiring that the first $40 million in revenue raised annually by such tax be credited to the Foundation School Program; and requiring the general assembly to enact legislation governing the cultivation, processing, and sale of industrial hemp.
This is a non-binding petition designed to demonstrate to legislators the broad support of marijuana law reform in the State of Texas and will be used for that purpose. Bills in the State of Texas may only be drafted by legislators. Citizens may not petition for a bill to be drafted, as it is in some other states.
These signatures are needed in order for the citizens of Texas to be able to convince one of our legislators that the time is now and they should be the one to bring about change. Through all of our efforts here we hope that we can show our legislators that although decriminalization of marijuana and the approval of medicinal marijuana are tremendous strides for our state in the right direction, they've been a long time coming and are not going to ultimately address what we all know is the answer to the problem we face as a society as a whole.
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The Full Legalization of Marijuana in the State of Texas petition to Texas Legislature was written by Bands of Buds, LLC and is in the category Law Reform at GoPetition.