TEXAS LANDED AS NUMBER TWO on Paul Armentano's latest list of the top five worst states to get busted in. Oklahoma was number one, probably because of the laws that allow for life sentences for simple possession. Texas takes the number two spot due to the fact that the state arrests more of it's citizens on drug charges than any other state. Add to that the insult that 97% of these arrests are for possession only, and we have some of our best citizens locked up for no good reason...and I know for a fact that the Houston Police have much better things to do than arrest people for a gram of Kind or a dime-bag of schwag...like having group target practice on the lone "he-was-armed" robber.
For the full article by Mr. Armentano, Deputy Director of NORML, click here:
Bookmark: http://blog.norml.org/2011/05/16/alternet-the-five-worst-states-to-get-busted-with-pot/
And while you're there, check out what's happening in Texas Legislative Session 82
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB1491
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/Text.aspx?LegSess=82R&Bill=HB548
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