tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post8677479401153375247..comments2024-03-25T20:06:39.794-05:00Comments on Grits for Breakfast: Bills frame Texas' 2017 marijuana reform debateGritsforbreakfasthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-63878893856170741082016-11-16T06:07:24.115-06:002016-11-16T06:07:24.115-06:00Thanks Chris! I had 20 percent in my head (actuall...Thanks Chris! I had 20 percent in my head (actually calculated it the other day for a prior post) and converted to 1/20 when I typed it! Fixed.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-81304854470259176872016-11-16T03:41:09.440-06:002016-11-16T03:41:09.440-06:00"After last week's election, more than on..."After last week's election, more than <b>one in 20 Americans</b> live in a state with legalized recreational pot."<br /><br />17 million Americans, (one in 20) live in Colorado, Washington, Oregon and Alaska. They had access to legalized recreational pot before the election. <br /><br />50 million Americans live in Maine, Massachusetts, Nevada and California. Those states passed recreational pot last Tuesday. That brings the total to 67 million or <b>one in five Americans</b>.<br />Chris Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03837397319040457859noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-31250443955344381472016-11-15T12:41:31.352-06:002016-11-15T12:41:31.352-06:00So, legalization or penalty reduction reforms are ...So, legalization or penalty reduction reforms are in the wind. What implications for drug-testing at the work place if any?? How will this impact Juveniles?? Any differently?? Will this increase need for more JP and Mini courts?? I don't know any of this so just asking?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-86346885940146447582016-11-15T11:19:58.035-06:002016-11-15T11:19:58.035-06:00@11:02, that's already true with Class Bs, but...@11:02, that's already true with Class Bs, but the max fines are higher.Gritsforbreakfasthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10152152869466958902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-57794468918875128282016-11-15T11:02:02.518-06:002016-11-15T11:02:02.518-06:00Marijuana being reduced to a class 'c' cou...Marijuana being reduced to a class 'c' could have more punitive consequences than remaining a class b misdemeanor. If you don't pay your ticket/fine, municipal/jp court fee, costs for a "marijuana class," ol'smoky is much more likely to have a warrant for failing to pay and end up in the pokey.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8597101.post-64313168974484961842016-11-15T10:38:46.884-06:002016-11-15T10:38:46.884-06:00I'm not a fan of the special court proposal. H...I'm not a fan of the special court proposal. How many of these are we going to have? Counties are already mandated by law to have drug courts and vet courts based on population size. We can't have specialty courts for everything. Lowering penalties seems like a much smarter use of resources. Unless these specialty courts will be funded by all the border security money DPS "needs."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com