{"id":331784,"date":"2015-03-14T05:14:24","date_gmt":"2015-03-14T10:14:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/?p=331784"},"modified":"2015-03-16T15:15:36","modified_gmt":"2015-03-16T20:15:36","slug":"east-texans-pot-bill-drawing-attention-in-austin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=331784","title":{"rendered":"East Texan&#8217;s Pot Bill Drawing Attention in Austin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/03\/David-Simpson2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.ktbb.com\/post\/wp-content\/media\/2015\/03\/David-Simpson2-123x150.jpg\" alt=\"David Simpson2\" width=\"123\" height=\"150\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-331785\" \/><\/a>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Tea party-backed state Representative David Simpson of Longview, says his argument that marijuana should be legalized because God created it, and that the Lord&#8217;s creations shouldn&#8217;t be banned, wasn&#8217;t an endorsement for using pot. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of things that God made that are dangerous, but they&#8217;re good,&#8221; the Longview Republican who&#8217;s seeking to legalize pot for all uses, said in an interview. &#8220;He made rattlesnakes and we haven&#8217;t criminalized them yet. I don&#8217;t advocate playing with them.&#8221; Simpson says his proposal now has bipartisan co-sponsors, though he&#8217;s not ready to reveal their names. Texas currently outlaws all marijuana, including for medical use, so full legalization seems a tough sell. But that hasn&#8217;t stopped the proposal from making waves.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Laredo Democratic Representative Richard Raymond laughed loudly before a recent floor session as Simpson walked by. &#8220;Libertarian, baby,&#8221; he called &#8220;Libertarian!&#8221; &#8220;Responsible use,&#8221; Simpson countered. &#8220;Responsible use, but free.&#8221; As he talked about the bill later, another lawmaker hurried by without breaking stride calling, &#8220;I&#8217;m running away.&#8221; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AUSTIN (AP) \u00e2\u20ac\u201d Tea party-backed state Representative David Simpson of Longview, says his argument that marijuana should be legalized because God created it, and that the Lord&#8217;s creations shouldn&#8217;t be banned, wasn&#8217;t an endorsement for using pot. &#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of things that God made that are dangerous, but they&#8217;re good,&#8221; the Longview Republican who&#8217;s &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/?p=331784\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">East Texan&#8217;s Pot Bill Drawing Attention in Austin<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":12,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-331784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news-archive-archives"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-07-14 13:22:38","action":"change-status","newStatus":"trash","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/12"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=331784"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331784\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":332111,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/331784\/revisions\/332111"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=331784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=331784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ktbb.com\/post\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=331784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}