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The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
2M ago
The Texas attorney general has sued five other cities that have passed similar policies decriminalizing marijuana ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
3M ago
Voters in Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin and Denton approved the policies in 2022. The attorney general said the ordinances are inconsistent with laws enacted by the Texas Legislature ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
6M ago
Voters in several Texas cities have sought to decriminalize marijuana. However, their efforts have been met by reluctant city councils that say they can’t go against state law ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
7M ago
Home to more than 260,000 people, the West Texas town of Lubbock is no stranger to passing local laws by petition. In 2021, residents overwhelmingly approved a local ban on abortion ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
1y ago
Hemp advocates promised the Texas Legislature the crop was drought resistant. The 2022 drought has proven otherwise. And farmers are abandoning the nascent market ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
1y ago
In 2019, Texas legalized hemp, but not marijuana. The new law led to confusion about which marijuana products are legal in Texas. Meanwhile, support for legalizing the drug remains high in polling, and other cannabis-derived products like delta-8 have emerged ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
2y ago
While the Texas Legislature has been hesitant to embrace policy change, advocates hope the O’Rourke campaign’s attention to marijuana legalization will give the issue a political boost ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
2y ago
“Small possession of marijuana is not the type of violation that we want to stockpile jails with,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
2y ago
Gov. Greg Abbott’s openness to marijuana decriminalization shows that the state, while conservative, isn’t immune to larger trends ..read more
The Texas Tribune » Marijuana
2y ago
Texas health officials insist delta-8 is an illegal substance and has been for 40 years ..read more