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Local Lawyer Establishes ‘The New Cradle of American Freedom’

BY RACHEL NELSON

For the past 10 months, Austin attorney Adam Reposa has been operating his cannabis delivery service, ATX Budtenders, in Travis County. He hasn’t been quiet about it, either. And with the recent decriminalization of simple marijuana possession in neighboring San Marcos, he is expanding operations south, calling his delivery area “The New Cradle of American Freedom.

“Now understand, here at ATX Budtenders, we’re not just selling weed. We are purveying American freedom,” Reposa said. “What that means is America has had the blight of a long, drug-on drug war, and now — as we sit here and try to figure out who’s going to pat themselves on the back for finally putting an end to this bullsh*t — we’ve gotten to the point that nobody’s getting prosecuted, and nobody is actually enforcing the law. But yet, we’re still afraid to say that selling marijuana is legal.”

While working as a defense attorney for the past two decades, Reposa has built somewhat of an eccentric reputation with his outspokenness and satirical YouTube videos. He also boasts one of the highest jury acquittal rates in Travis County, making him a tough and highly sought-after defender. Through his latest pot-peddling venture, Reposa said he hopes to shine a bright light on the ridiculousness of Texas marijuana laws.

“Right now, you could not get arrested in Austin for possessing marijuana if you tried. Now, maybe if you go shoot at someone or assault someone and you possess marijuana while you do it, maybe you might get a charge tacked on, but you can walk up the streets waving an ounce of weed, and you will never get arrested, and I don’t even think they’ll take your weed,” Reposa said.

De Facto Legalization

There are two types of legalization — de jure and de facto. De jure legalization means something is on the books as legally protected. De facto legalization refers to something that is routinely accepted in society even in the absence of protective laws.

In cities like Austin and San Marcos where low-level marijuana offenses are decriminalized (and therefore enforcement budgets eliminated), the perfect environment exists for de facto legalization, Reposa said.

“De facto legalization is kind of like a citizen’s arrest, only in the legislative form,” Reposa said, citing the concept as part of his rationale for launching ATX Budtenders.

After years of governmental cannabis prohibition, he argues, “They don’t get to