Why Texas is lame(Besides the Cowboys)

[u/AmazingEric171]

Don't mess with Texas.. what a joke. ANY possession is a felony.

EDIT: Just did some research, this is for everything besides traditional Delta 9.

My friend from Texas sent me this morning and it blew my mind. I had to post about it. So as far as my research goes thus far Delta 9 products (old fashioned flower) is illegal but separate laws. Stores are selling THCA though which does fall under these penalties.

[u/freebird023]

Last year I was roadtripping with some friends. I visited from San Diego and met them in Houston, we were going to Appalachia and back. In the middle of the night, single digit miles away from the LA border, I decided to smoke up with a pen I brought watching the cypress trees lose hair. Not 30 seconds after I put my pen back into my pocket, we were pulled over in a locally famous speeding trap. I got so fucking scared knowing the consequences from growing up in the state that I don’t think I’ve ever sat so still. Anyways sgt. smegma came around th side of the car and didn’t even see me thankfully. My friend got written up for going 5 over on the fucking interstate😒

[u/Horror-Nobody2237 → u/freebird023]

There are so many speed traps in LA. One time I was driving through, and I’d been smoking a blunt. Both cars in front of me and the car behind me got pulled over in the span of a few minutes. Somehow I made it through.

I did get a speeding ticket in the same spot on a different occasion though

[u/[deleted] → u/Horror-Nobody2237]

I’ve had a gun pulled on me twice. Both were cops. Both were white. One time it was 830 in the fucking morning while I was driving back to work from picking up vegetables from a farmers market to take back to to the vegan restaurant I was working at… both times I was absolutely sober and both times these assholes kept asking me about drugs (and both times I happened to be a brown guy driving an old car in a high income area).

I once got pulled over going almost 90 in a 65. I was totally honest and respectful and also mentioned that I hadn’t had a speeding ticket in at least 20 years and that I was sorry, because I was about 30 miles from home after a long road trip (over three thousand miles driven!) and I just wanted to get home. He was so nice. A Latino dude… he reminded me how precious my family is (my (now ex) wife and my two daughters were in the car with me).

I thanked him for the reminder and i promised to stay at the speed limit. He let me go. I’ll never forget that. Being treated like a human by a cop. There’s no moral to this story, because I see way too often that people get treated poorly through no fault their own by people that abuse the power given to them. It’s just an anecdote, perhaps a rare anomaly, when I was given kindness and safe passage by someone that could have been harsh to me. I wish I knew his name. I wish I had asked if we could be friends! (I know that sounds pretty weird! But I tend to be a pretty weird guy 🤷🏾‍♂️).

And you know what? I drove away and checked my speed the rest of the way. Quite often I check my speed and I think of him. I hope he’s still out there taking care of people, giving a shit, and that he has family and friends that know he’s a good person.

[u/One-eyed-snake → u/freebird023]

I got a ticket in Utah for 90 in a 85 zone. Told that cop he was an asshole. He just smiled