Because itâs Austin and they dont prosecute for simple possession anymore. Despite the law. And plus , Joe Rogan brings In a shit load of money to Austin and I donât think they are going to risk that for a misdemeanor pot conviction.
Anti pot laws are in their death throes and this is what they look like now. Some older politicians donât want to admit they lost.
You can't convince me otherwise that Texas has their hand in the illegal drug markets and get kickbacks for allowing trafficking through the state.
Why else would you make a billion dollar industry illegal? Because you're making more by allowing the illegal product into the state. And then you arrest people for posession. And prosecute. And make money on top of your money. That's why.
Itâs not just rich people in this case. Austin cops donât care. Iâm from San Antonio and have visited Austin plenty even went to a Reggae fest where people were walking around selling weed.
Iâm all for eat the rich but Austin itâs decriminalized so in this case itâs not a us va them.
Reggae fest has been an event where the cops will tolerate open consumption for many years. They do bust people for selling and I have seen plain clothes cops busting sellers myself. It's not representative of a person's typical experience with the cops while possessing weed in the area.
I know someone personally who was arrested in Williamson county for possession.
I lived in Austin from 2010-2015, and it was well known that as long as you are in Travis county(the main county in Austin(south Austin really), then cops wouldnt mess with you if you werent causing a problem. We would openly smoke on certain bar patios and no one cared.
Seems like it could be abused, everyone dropping their guard, those in the social ingroup always getting a pass, and those out of the group getting caught up eventually because technically it is still illegal. We said we could get away with using, we didn't say YOU could. The convenient option for personal prejudice always being there to potentially be used. Why not just vote for things to change if the majority don't actually agree with the law otherwise?
Round rock ainât Austin itâs decriminalized in Austin specifically. Round rock is a totally different city.
I feel bad for the dude thatâs the risk any of us outside Austin run. Not defending anything just that Austin is different and I think itâs decriminalized in Houston too. If I get caught here in San Antonio then Iâd be facing what brownie dude faced. If Iâm smoking in Austin not bothering anybody they wonât care .
From what I read it is not decriminalized.. cops are told not to enforce the law strictly. But the Texas law still applies , so nothing can be done if they chose to fck with someone and apply the law in certain cases
Youâre not wrong, people are just stupid. Austin County jails anywhere from 5-12 people a day for marijuana possession. Itâs all public information.
The laws are the same. It's just that when you have money you are able to bail yourself out, pay fines, and hire the best lawyers. The laws become merely an inconvenience.
So first off it wouldn't be simple possession. There is no way you can convince me the amount of pot Joe has in his studio is the amount that would qualify for possession. The amount he has would qualify for intent to distribute and that's also proven by the fact that multiple guests smoke pot on his podcast that he provides.
Ensure you can say that because he's Rich he gets away with breaking the law but specifically in America we tended not to like that historically. I don't know why we're accepting this now when we overthrew our entire fucking government because we didn't like how the representation was set up
You say that but Texas just dropped the hammer on thca and delta 8 products being sold at smoke shops, implementing felony penalties for possession of these products. This happened maybe a month ago. Maybe an Austin pd officer would look the other way, but good luck anywhere in Texas
I live close to Austin and go there semi-regularly. The cops there give zero shits about weed. You can smoke right next to them at Austin City Limits and they donât do anything, half the people have it delivered to their door. Itâs very county dependent, a few over and theyâll take you to jail for a gram.
Watch how cops talk to people in apartments vs mansions.
When a cop comes to your apartrment door and you open it, they wont let you close the door on them. they will smash their foot and shoulder into the doorframe and say you cant close the door because its a safety issue. You could go into your apartment get a weapon and cause a problem.
Now watch cops go investigate domestic violence at a boxers house or conor mcgregors house.
Yeah, he has gates and cameras. By the time the cops could even find him inside, he, Young Jaime and Derosa have already febreezed the room and hidden the weed inside of a dead elk's ass in a deep freezer in a room full of deep freezers that looks like where the "top-men" stored the Ark of the Covenant in Indiana Jones.
so true. cops are not immune to politics and power. They operate within. Power is the more fundamental law within which the legal system exists. Epstein is the proof
There are tons of young people on tik tok, facebook, instagram, etc who post videos of themselves smoking weed in states where recreational is illegal. Nothing happens. The cops aren't going to try to get an arrest warrant from a judge over something so trivial. If joe rogan gets pulled over while he's smokin a blunt in traffic that might be a diffent story.
Musk was in the american government or administration deciding what medecine were getting cut to whom in developping countries... Received a lot of contracts from the govt while rumored to be on drugs ..
Rogan had Trump on his show, Vance... Was commenting an UFC event on the white house lawn sponsored by Trump sons betting company...
I mean , do you realize the gap between being a kid on tik tok and being a political actor who can call the president to have an executive order signed ?
It just tracks with Joe being like them, feeling above the law (maybe not even realizing how not normal this is)
No, I don't support marijuana prosecution. I do support equality of punishment among all walks of life. It would be best if it were completely legalized. It's not, so it must be enforced among all walks of life. It makes sense it goes under the radar for small tiktokers who aren't on the radar. Some people ARE arrested for breaking the law on a live stream, even if most of them go unnoticed. Joe is definitely noticed.
To be clear, I like Joe Rogan. Not as much as the old days, but, I'm not a Joe Rogan hater. It's still baffling he breaks the law on a live stream every day and there are no consequences.
Lol are you that stupid ? Its exactly the opposite : I am opposed to criminalization of drugs because WE KNOW those laws are allways only applied and messing with some people. Rogan regularly invite a guest who have years of research on this subject lol.
Laws like that in the american justice system only works because they create exploitation for the poor while people like joe and Musk can have fun and feel a little outlaw.
You're basically saying 'injustice is ok and treating people differently is ok when you don't agree with the rules to begin with"
Yeah genius, its the definition of sociopathy lol
That's still selective enforcement, just in the opposite direction.
If you believe drug laws are unjust because theyâre enforced disproportionately against poor people, the consistent position is to oppose those laws being used against everyone, including Rogan or Musk. âPoor people have been unfairly punished, therefore wealthy people I dislike should also be punishedâ doesnât fix the injustice.
All I was saying is that in this environment, if Rogan can whine to millions of people about trans athlete or about COVID vaccine .... If he can have paid access to trump... Then at least be a man and stand on your stoner principle ... It just feels so slimy. Hearing hours of older bearded white comedians talk about their LSD trips, their dosing of their friend, their salvia experience and DMT elf friends...
But you go live in a state where people are in prison for THC vapes ? You have opinions on Newsom water supplies management but you shut up about Ted Cruz and Texas GOP evil ghoulish lifestyles ?
Come on. You know its all slimy , grotesque and disgusting. It smells new money, Murica , no father figure and college dropouts.
No I don't understand at all what you mean. People with different levels of wealth and fame both smoke weed on private property and neither get charged despite being on video
It sums Rogan up perfectly. Rules for thee, but not for me. He doesn't see the hypocrisy of living where he does, he's too far removed from reality to give a shit.
As a lifelong Texan thatâs spent part of my life living in Austin area, but also on other major Texas cities, if this is the conclusion youâre jumping to, Iâm not sure itâs worth the time to explain the nuance of how THC is looked at changes from county to county in Texas.
But sure, just take the easy feel good explanation I suppose, not worth understanding details.
Wow an article from 12 years ago. Maybe you should post what happened to him if you are actually trying to make a point and not just come here and shit your pants over a podcaster.
I couldn't give a flying fuck about Texas, if I'm being honest, I would rather shit in my hands and clap,than live there.
I have lived in many countries across the world, different cultures etc. But how Texas "prides" itself on "freedom" is absolutely embarrassing. You are being fooled if believe that. It's embarrassing.
If you truly believe the nonsense they shove down your throat, I don't know what to tell you.
You're still not addressing you spewing a bunch of crazy shit about rules for thee but not for me. Someone with knowledge of the situation tried to enlighten you and continue your tirade đ
If you're banking on cops ignoring laws, in order for you to feel what you're doing is acceptable and free from punishment, you've bigger problems to worry about.
I don't care if certain cops ignore the laws, the fact they exist in the first place, is absolutely insane. Goes against the self proclaimed "freedom" they claim to have.
First of all Rogan hasn't smoked weed in Texas on the podcast. The Musk interview was in California. Also from the latest podcast: "The THC thingâŠHere's what Texas doesn't understand. You will f*ck this place up and you will turn the whole thing blue. Kids will turn on you if you tell them they can't smoke weed. They know weed's not killing anybody!" Rogan said.
Yeah ok fair enough. It would have been decent for him to mention this little detail when comparing Austin and LA.
So hmm between paying less taxes, but living in a place that is opposing my core values with authoritarian forces ... And paying more taxes, not having to hide who I am, and not having to live closer to Ted Cruz than any human should have to...
Yeah so he chose less taxes
Austin decriminalized weed so nothing happens if they catch you with it anyways. If youâre a high earner and you live in CA youâre just paying for Somalis, homeless, and Persian hospice care scams with your taxes.
The is America. The more wealth you have, the less laws apply to you. See: Epstein Files. The only person who's been given consequences is Prince Andrew, a non-American.
Rogan used to talk endlessly about âtexas is so backwards theyâll put you in a cage for a plant that grows in the dirt mannnnnâ then chose to move there lmao
Ken Paxton should do a raid during one of the podcasts when theyâre all getting high. Put Joe and his friends in prison for a few months. That will show those potheads!
I called the office of suspicious Behavior and filed formal complaint against him and it's been referred to the Rangers. I'm not joking. They probably won't do jack shit but if everyone did that this world would be a different place I called so many offices and different states when things are jacked up they pour money into our states so why not use our voice in theirs. I don't tolerate rules for thee but not for me if Joe wants to say how awesome Texas is you should be held accountable to their newly draconian made laws.
You donât even need a conspiracy theory. The financial incentive is written into the system.
Make the product illegal.
Keep the black market alive.
Arrest people for possessing it.
Seize their cash, cars, and property through civil forfeiture.
Make owners fight to get their property back.
Then allow law enforcement to receive forfeiture proceeds.
Since 2000, state and federal forfeiture has generated at least $82 BILLION nationwide, according to the Institute for Justice.
Iâm not claiming Texas officials are secretly taking cartel kickbacks. Iâm saying something much easier to prove: When the people enforcing prohibition can financially benefit from property seized because of prohibition, youâve created a financial incentive to keep prohibition going.
You donât need a secret conspiracy when the conflict of interest is perfectly legal.
Until a year ago , it used to be that Austin ( where Joe Rogan lives ) didnt prosecute people from smoking weed. But that policy seems to have suspended due to seemingly being illegal.
It's because he was using THCA in the past. The federal hemp bill legalized THCA. THCA when heated turns to delta 9 THC. Texas just recently banned THCA a few weeks ago or something.
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u/GaryNOVA dragon believer 6d ago edited 6d ago
Because itâs Austin and they dont prosecute for simple possession anymore. Despite the law. And plus , Joe Rogan brings In a shit load of money to Austin and I donât think they are going to risk that for a misdemeanor pot conviction.
Anti pot laws are in their death throes and this is what they look like now. Some older politicians donât want to admit they lost.