A Texas judge has ruled that a local marijuana decriminalization law approved by Dallas voters last year can continue to be implemented— denying a request from the Republican state attorney general that sought to temporarily block the reform as a lawsuit proceeds.
A traffic stop on Interstate 45 led Texas Department of Public Safety troopers to discover 334 pounds of marijuana in a Sprinter van on Tuesday, February
A 15-year-old boy is accused of calling 911 before gunning down his mother and sister inside their Texas home, and police are saying marijuana edibles may be a factor behind the violence. The incident happened at around 11 p.
As it stands now, because of a loophole in a 2019 Agriculture bill, anyone 21 and older can walk into a shop and buy a product that looks, smells, tastes and effects the body just like marijuana.
Low-level marijuana possession would be decriminalized in Texas if a new bill filed this week by a key House leader is enacted. The measure, HB 3242, from Rep. Joe Moody (D), would make simple possession of up to an ounce of cannabis flower a Class C misdemeanor—explicitly removing the risk of arrest and incarceration.
In Texas, where I live, marijuana has long been illegal. Yet on a busy street in my Houston neighborhood, at least five stores within a half-mile of each other sell cannabis products that promise a strong high.
A Dallas County district judge on Friday rejected Attorney General Ken Paxton’s request to block Dallas temporarily from enforcing a ban on police arresting or citing people solely accused of low-level marijuana possession.
Nearly two dozen bills referencing THC or cannabis have been filed this legislative session in Texas most of which would expand access to weed.
Dallas District Court Judge Dale Tillery denied Attorney General Ken Paxton’s attempt of a temporary injunction, which would blocked the city’s decriminalization of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
Cannabis advocates in Dallas won a major victory Friday after a district court threw out an injunction filed by Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton that would have blocked that city’s decriminalization of misdemeanor marijuana possession.
In total, 334 pounds of marijuana were discovered, and the driver was arrested and booked into the Leon County Jail. Their identity was not revealed by DPS.