Smoke 'Em If You Got 'Em, But You May Still Go To Jail

Texas lawmakers decided that arresting every day pot smokers was stupid, and enacted a law to give them a citation in lieu of jail. Unfortunately, local DFW officials would still rather fill up our already overcrowded jail system and overstretch our already stretched police forces.

We have said this over and over and over. Non violent offenders should not go to jail. What part of this is so hard to comprehend?

The Collin County prosecutor in the CBS11 story is quoted as worrying that giving someone a ticket sends the wrong message. I believe the message the state is giving you is that you need to stop wasting resources on the small fry pot head and go after the dealers and suppliers of the drugs. DFW officials should know they have a problem with the supplier, when they have massive marijuana farms popping up in their own backyards...literally in at least one case.

We're not drug users here at TC, no matter if we have leaf in our name. But we have common sense when it comes to the war on drugs. Go after the head of the dragon if you want to put out the rest of the fire.