Texas DA known for naked stunts faces five years in prison after posting video of herself smoking weed in her garden
District Attorney Sarah Stogner, 41, could be incarceration after she posted a social media video of herself smoking weed in protest of a state ban on THC, the active ingredient in marijuana.
The Republican made headlines in 2022 when she posted the viral clip of her riding the oil pump jack at the time she was running to be the state's railroad commissioner.
Stogner, now the DA of Texas's 143rd judicial district near Pecos, hopes her latest stunt might shame Texas into legalizing weed - especially if she is arrested and made a martyr for the cause.
'I did this to raise attention,' she told Newsweek.
'Its silly that our elected officials want to completely ban THC when that's not what our constituents want.'
Medical marijuana is legal in Texas, but recreational use of the drug is not.
And in recent weeks, Lone Star State lawmakers passed a bill banning any products containing any 'detectable amount of any cannabinoid.'
If signed into law, the bill would outlaw the majority of hemp products, including those that are legal under the federal definition in Texas.
West Texas District Attorney Sarah Stogner says she's not worried she will be prosecuted for smoking a joint online
Stogner revealed on a TikTok livestream this weekend that she traveled to New Mexico to buy cannabis and then brought the drug back across state lines to Texas.
The admission she brought an illegal substance into the Lone Star State could open her up to being arrested on a misdemeanor possession charge.
'You might want to guard the New Mexico border on Saturday,' Stogner posted in an X post addressing Lt. Governor Dan Patrick.
'I'm going to a dispensary to buy a joint. And then I'm going to smoke it in my backyard at 4:20 pm. Come and take it,' she continued.
The timing of Stogner's smoking is a play on the number 420, a nickname for weed.
Being found in possession of marijuana carries up to a 180 days in prison and up to a $2,000 fine.
Separately, anyone bringing cannabis across state lines could be fined up to $250,000 or be sentenced to five-year prison sentence, according to the Drug Enforcement Agency.
Despite admitting to breaking the law, Stogner isn't worried she will be charged with a crime.
Since she is the prosecutor that would have jurisdiction, she shamelessly told the publication she would not bring charges against herself, adding that juries aren't willing to bring charges against pot users or even dealers.
Stogner is now the district attorney in Wade County, near Pecos, Texas
Despite her naked video stunt, Sarah Stogner lost the race for Texas Railroad Commissioner in 2022
Stogner was ridiculed for what some called her raunchy campaign video in 2022
However, her last media stunt backfired.
Stogner's raunchy reel of her humping a dirty oil pump naked did not win her the public office she was running for.
The clip was apparently meant to garner attention for Stogner's campaign, as she trailed frontrunner Wayne Christian, the incumbent who out fundraised her.
However, Stogner was ridiculed online - and even lost the endorsement of one of the state's major newspapers - while others praised her bravery and success at garnering attention.
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