Texas Republican DA, Sarah Stogner, smokes Cannabis on TikTok to battle THC ban: ‘Free the plant Dan’

MONAHANS, Texas – A Republican elected official in West Texas directed a livestream of her smoking marijuana towards the lieutenant governor’s crusade to ban the substance.

District Attorney Sarah Stogner lit a joint on TikTok last week in an effort to bring attention to the looming special session item; a near-carbon-copy of the ban vetoed by Gov. Greg Abbott at the end of the regular session.

West Texas DA could face more than 5 years in prison for smoking weed on TikTok to protest THC ban

https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/houston-texas/trending/article/sarah-stogner-thc-da-ban-20810919.php

Background on Sarah Stogner

National Law Review

Pofessional Biography

Sarah Stogner is D.A. of Texas’ 143rd Judicial District. She previously spent years in commercial litigation, which included providing legal counsel for energy-related entities. After moving to West Texas, she became a passionate advocate for plugging orphaned oil wells — and, soon, a fighter against governmental corruption and incompetence. She was asked to run for district attorney in 2024 and won, taking office in 2025. As a New York Times profile put it, “An Unlikely Prosecutor Is Now the Law in Texas Oil Country.”

https://www.co.ward.tx.us/page/ward.District.Attorney