Bag of Randomness for Wednesday, January 10, 2024

  • Barry over at LiberallyLean posted a New York Times article that referenced a marijuana dispensary in New Mexico just across the Texas border in El Paso. Texans get a discount on Texas Tuesdays. But as most Texans know, just possessing a small amount of it in Texas is illegal and the punishment can be severe. For instance, in Texas, possession of marijuana under two ounces is still punishable by up to 180 days in jail and up to a $2,000 fine. Possession of marijuana between two and four ounces is still punishable by up to one year in jail and a $4,000 fine.It would be easy for Texas law enforcement to wait at the border and nab a Texas buyer driving back home. But what I found interesting is the business opportunity that creates. New Mexico.

    For now, Texans mostly just turn around and go home. “The recreational tourism part of it hasn’t really hit at all,” said Robert Ardovino, the owner of a local restaurant, who also offers vintage Spartan trailers from the 1950s for overnight stays by the mountains, under the desert stars. He, too, was looking into opening a dispensary and maybe, one day, a consumption site.

    Now, that’s an interesting business opportunity. I guess that’s similar to when Texans drive to Oklahoma or Louisiana to gamble and stay overnight in a casino hotel. Border states make a lot of money from the sinful of Texas.

    All of that got me wondering about this scenario. Let’s say my friend Tony and I drive to that New Mexico dispensary. Tony buys the smallest amount of edible he can, consumes it, and throws away what he has remaining while still in New Mexico. Cannibus is now inside of Tony but I’m totally clean. I drive us back to El Paso where we stay at an Airbnb. There is no cannabis on either of us. But, of course, there is cannabis inside of Tony that is being digested. Tony is never high in public, but he starts to feel high (and hungry) an hour after we get back from New Mexico inside the Airbnb. Tony cuts himself while slicing a watermelon. The wound is bad enough that I have to drive him to the ER. On our way to the ER, I get pulled over for speeding. For whatever reason, the officer knows where we’ve been and what’s inside Tony. Can Tony be arrested for possession because it’s inside his body being digested?

    And, let’s say while talking to the officer, Tony stresses out to the point he vomits in the car. There is now a small amount of undigested cannabis on the floorboard. At that point, can either of us be arrested for possession?

  • The Secretary of Defense really did his nation a disservice by not notifying his boss that he was going to be hospitalized. I understand wanting some privacy, but it’s not like he’s managing a Wendy’s.
  • It’s absurd he’s still closely tied with that or any university.

  • I’m a big fan of The Lincoln Project and follow them on Twitter. They recently asked, “When’s the last time you guys think Trump went to a gas station to fill up his car?” Funny thing, just the other day I ran across an old picture of Trump (presumedly) pumping gas. I guess because it’s being sold at an auction at the end of the month.
  • The Ticket plays a commercial plugging an upcoming John Mulaney show. In the spot, the comedian makes fun of people who send an iMessage text or start a FaceTime session from an email address. He thinks is a very strange thing to do. I guess you have to count me amongst the strange. I don’t have an iPhone, but I do have an iPad. It’s the same situation for BoyGeeding and GirlGeeding. For a while, the only way for me to communicate with my kids was by using the iPad, and none of us had a phone number.
  • I had no idea it comes so “packaged.”
    https://twitter.com/EvanKirstel/status/1744252662747471927
  • A website that sells toilet paper to help you cheer on your team but wipe away their opponents. I guess it would be funny to invite a Packers fan to watch the game with me this weekend and set these up in the guest bathroom with nothing else to use so they are forced to use these.

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