Personally, I don't care if cannabis is legalized or not. It if were 100% legal in Texas, I and my family wouldn't smoke it regardless. Cannabis makes people lazy and stupid, unable to remember thing that they've just read, or unable to focus.

You can't go through college like that and get decent grades if you're inhibiting your own ability to remember and focus. Any professional with anything on the ball... would simply NOT choose to smoke pot, just like they would reject heavy drinking.

That said, having different state laws on marijuana is harmful. In Oklahoma and Colorado, pot is legal. In Kansas, which borders Oklahoma and Colorado, pot is illegal. In Texas, pot is illegal.

Within 20 miles of the Texas border with Oklahoma and within 10 miles of the Kansas border with Oklahoma are untold hundreds of pot dispensaries. Same with Colorado's borders. Why? Well.... people cross state lines to buy, which then sets them up for police stops and arrests when they drive back across the line. It can be a drug smuggling charge in addition to possession with intent to distribute (if in large amount).

There are currently 24 states in the United States that have legalized recreational marijuana as of 2025. That means there are 26 states where it is still illegal.

The USA should have one unified policy. It's bad when people are convicted of a felony in one state for something that is perfectly legal in another. Just recognize that 24 states have legalized usage... and the Earth is still spinning. The USA hasn't suffered one bit from that. Maybe it's time to just unify the law across all the states, plus take that money away from organized crime and support legitimate businesses. Let the FDA regulate it as a over-the-counter drug and be done with it. Let every pharmacy sell it, like buying Sudafed at the pharmacy counter. Show your drivers license, then buy the amount that you are allowed within that 30-day period just like Sudafed.