Fort Worth Weekly
Downtown Fort Worth was Ground Zero of a major march for marijuana reform.
By STORY AND PHOTOS BY STEVE MONACELLI -
It’s still a crime to smoke weed in the Lone Star state, but that didn’t stop hundreds of people from sparking up in the streets of downtown Fort Worth Saturday. These blazed souls chose to puff in civil disobedience as a part of a pro-pot reform rally organized by the Fort Worth-Dallas chapter of NORML, the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws.
Bearing banners, posters, flags, and blunts, the marchers blazed a trail through the urban canyons.
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Twenty percent of all arrests last month were drug related. Of those, there were 183 weed related arrests. A majority of these arrests, 140, were for possession of less than 2 ounces.
That s why he asked the committee to hold off for 30 days on a resolution that would decriminalize low-level marijuana possession in Dallas. Garcia said he could instead make changes to DPD’s general orders to cut back on weed law enforcement.
The chief went on to show the committee how the same 2 ounces of weed could be repackaged in smaller bags for a drug dealer to sell. “I’m asking that we are giving the opportunity to policy our decisions as to whether or not and where the discretion lies with officers,” Garcia said. “From a policy perspective, if we need to tweak things because the crooks are getting smarter, then it’s easier for me to policy that, as opposed to going through a larger process.”