Pushes for
marijuana law reforms could not come sooner as several bills are up for vote this
upcoming legislative session; and this article shows a great example of why we
need to loosen our laws regarding this substance. A 67-year-old gentleman left
his weed friendly state of California to visit his family and his granddaughter
who is being treated in a Houston hospital for stage 4 cancer.
It seems like this
man was a little to comfortable by the lax attitudes of cops in California
because he admitted to the Texas police that he had a smoking pipe in his car. Ignorance
got the best of him I suppose, because he admitted guilt and gave the police
permission to search his car. Because
our Texas law enforcement is tasked with upholding Texas Law and not California’s
this man probably wishes he was not so forthcoming. This Grandfather spent the
night in jail and could face serious jail time. People caught with 2 to 4 ounces could earn a
sentence of at least a year in jail. Grandpa had more then four ounces on his
person so he could be facing felony charges and a jail sentences between two
and 99 years. Its unclear if he intended to give the Cannabis to his granddaughter
although I suspect a loving grandfather would provide some of his own medicinal
stash to a young woman battling cancer. Perhaps if his granddaughter could be prescribed
medicinal marijuana her grandfather would not have been driving across state
lines with the controversial substance. Either way, criminalizing someone for
something so innocent should make people take pause to consider the laws we
have in regards to Marijuana. Its time for serious drug law reforms in the
state of Texas.
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