Comment on Britain’s prehistoric attitude to drugs isn’t working. Why not learn from Texas? | Simon Jenkins

ramble81@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• spamfajitas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s even a state named after one of their queens that they could have gone with as an example of recreational legalization.

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  • thanksforallthefish@literature.cafe ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ok, you’ve got me puzzled. What’s a US state named after a UK (or English) queen where cannabis is legal ?

    The only female named states I can think of are Georgia, Virginia and Louisiana, none of whom have been Regent.

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    • spamfajitas@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I’ve enjoyed the other answers but I was thinking of Maryland, named after Queen Henrietta Maria of France, wife of King Charles I. Legal weed since last year.

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    • Confused_Emus@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Virginia is actually named for Elizabeth I, the “Virgin Queen.”

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  • teft@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Queen Rhode Island?

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    • Hossenfeffer@feddit.uk ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Her Majesty Kentucky, by the Grace of God, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Queen, Defender of the Faith, Empress of India?

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