Austin’s Yogurt Shop Murders

A class mate of mine wrote a depressing blog post about Austin’s yogurt shop murders on her blog HOWDY. Nahely provided facts and details to provide information for her article. She provided a new hope for finding the horrible person(s) behind this crime and a new insight with recent events. Great article. I enjoyed reading this article, it refreshed my memory of a historic Austin event. I had forgotten this tragic event. I remember when I was younger (this event happened before I was born) and I first heard about this. I was watching a TV show with my dad, probably Dateline or something similar. Since my dad was around when this happened, he provided more insight into what happened. As we watched the show my dad told me more about the event, since I was little when I watched this I don't think I understood fully. It is nice to be reminded of what happened with information regarding the event. Even though I had forgotten, it should remain in the back of our heads. The case is old which makes it harder to provide new information and evidence even with new technology. Even though the case is cold, the families deserve closure.

Legalization of Marijuana

Around the nation people are voting to legalize marijuana both for medical and recreational use. Texas should legalize marijuana for both uses or start with medical use. There have results showing that many health benefits of marijuana with medical use. Medical use of marijuana doesn't have major side effects that make the patient feel worse then they are trying to get better. In Colorado the legalization of marijuana has created thousands of new jobs. They have regulations for buying, selling, and possession. They have tax on both recreational and medical use, with a 10 percent additional special state tax on recreational use. This gave them a 135 million tax and fee revenue last year to put into other funds, such as education.

Although there are some kinks to still be worked out in Colorado, such as driving while high regulations. Legalization is still in its early stages with lots of work to still be put into making it fit focus but there are already plans out there to start with. Texas can model their regulations around Colorado and other states that have legalized marijuana. We can learn from each other and provide our own regulations based on other systems around the nation to make our in work putting the bill together easier. Other countries, such as our neighbors, Canada and Mexico, are looking into legalization as well. With all sorts of different methods of being put into place and being tired out, Texas should be able to find out what will work for us.