Pot industry pleads its case against potential Texas CBD ban
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April 30, 2018
Pot industry pleads its case against potential Texas CBD banPot industry pleads its case against potential Texas CBD banPot industry pleads its case against potential Texas CBD ban
DENVER A month after a Texas health agency proposed cracking down on CBD, the cannabis industry is actively trying to change the minds of health authorities about CBD to keep the products on shelves thro ...
DENVER A month after a Texas health agency proposed cracking down on CBD, the cannabis industry is actively trying to change the minds of health authorities about CBD to keep the prod ...
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in Texas for 2017 Legislative Session
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November 14, 2016
Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in Texas for 2017 Legislative SessionMarijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in Texas for 2017 Legislativ...Marijuana Decriminalization Bill Filed in Texas for 2017 Legislative Session
Thomas H. Clarke | November 14, 2016 AUSTIN, TX When Texas lawmakers reconvene in January, a proposal to decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana in Texas will be waiting. State Rep. Joe Moody (D-El P ...
Thomas H. Clarke | November 14, 2016 AUSTIN, TX When Texas lawmakers reconvene in January, a proposal to decriminalize up to one ounce of marijuana in Texas will be waiting. State Re ...
Texas Will Consider Decriminalization in 2017
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November 14, 2016
Texas Will Consider Decriminalization in 2017Texas Will Consider Decriminalization in 2017Texas Will Consider Decriminalization in 2017
Texas lawmakers will push to eliminate the criminal penalties associated with small time marijuana crimes in the 2017 legislative session. According to a report from the Texas Tribune, legislative force ...
Texas lawmakers will push to eliminate the criminal penalties associated with small time marijuana crimes in the 2017 legislative session. According to a report from the Texas Tribun ...
Texas Bills to Reduce Marijuana Penalties Introduced
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November 15, 2016
Texas Bills to Reduce Marijuana Penalties IntroducedTexas Bills to Reduce Marijuana Penalties IntroducedTexas Bills to Reduce Marijuana Penalties Introduced
Marijuana Policy Project | November 15, 2016 AUSTIN, TX A bill to reduce penalties for simple marijuana possession was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives this week. House Bill 81, which w ...
Marijuana Policy Project | November 15, 2016 AUSTIN, TX A bill to reduce penalties for simple marijuana possession was introduced in the Texas House of Representatives this week. Ho ...
Texas Decriminalizing Marijuana
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November 28, 2016
Texas Decriminalizing MarijuanaTexas Decriminalizing MarijuanaTexas Decriminalizing Marijuana
Texas is not the first place I think of when I think of tolerant marijuana policies but they are coming around to a positive way of thinking concerning cannabis. This month, a bill was introduced into t ...
Texas is not the first place I think of when I think of tolerant marijuana policies but they are coming around to a positive way of thinking concerning cannabis. This month, a bill w ...
Taking a back seat: This hot debate in Texas may trump marijuana legalization
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December 05, 2016
Taking a back seat: This hot debate in Texas may trump marijuana legalizationTaking a back seat: This hot debate in Texas may trump marijuana le...Taking a back seat: This hot debate in Texas may trump marijuana legalization
By Will Weissert, The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Austin and Washington should be far more simpatico under soon-to-be Republican President Donald Trump than the White Houses current occupant, but ther ...
By Will Weissert, The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Austin and Washington should be far more simpatico under soon-to-be Republican President Donald Trump than the White Houses curren ...
Texas Cop Makes Teenager Do Pushups Instead of Booking Him for Smoking a Joint
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December 28, 2016
Texas Cop Makes Teenager Do Pushups Instead of Booking Him for Smoking a JointTexas Cop Makes Teenager Do Pushups Instead of Booking Him for Smok...Texas Cop Makes Teenager Do Pushups Instead of Booking Him for Smoking a Joint
An off-duty Texas police officer caught a teenager smoking weed in front of a movie theater. The cop decided to resolve the situation in an equally off-duty, macho, paternalistic way that only police off ...
An off-duty Texas police officer caught a teenager smoking weed in front of a movie theater. The cop decided to resolve the situation in an equally off-duty, macho, paternalistic way ...
Plutonium Slightly More Regulated than Cannabis in Texas
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February 05, 2017
Plutonium Slightly More Regulated than Cannabis in TexasPlutonium Slightly More Regulated than Cannabis in TexasPlutonium Slightly More Regulated than Cannabis in Texas
Photo Ed Schipul Regulations on cannabis in Texas are so severe that one lawmaker joked its more regulated than plutonium. Medical marijuana exists in Texas, the reddest of red s ...
Photo Ed Schipul Regulations on cannabis in Texas are so severe that one lawmaker joked its more regulated than plutonium. Medical marijuana exists in Texas, ...
Border Officials in Texas Find Nearly Two Tons of Weed Camouflaged as Limes
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February 09, 2017
Border Officials in Texas Find Nearly Two Tons of Weed Camouflaged as LimesBorder Officials in Texas Find Nearly Two Tons of Weed Camouflaged ...Border Officials in Texas Find Nearly Two Tons of Weed Camouflaged as Limes
A whole lot of bud packed inside bumpy green spheres discreetly mixed in with real key limes nearly made it across the Mexican border. It took an imaging inspection system and a K-9 team, with their dogg ...
A whole lot of bud packed inside bumpy green spheres discreetly mixed in with real key limes nearly made it across the Mexican border. It took an imaging inspection system and a K-9 t ...
Texas Cops Hit State Capitol in Support of Pot Decrim
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February 15, 2017
Texas Cops Hit State Capitol in Support of Pot DecrimTexas Cops Hit State Capitol in Support of Pot DecrimTexas Cops Hit State Capitol in Support of Pot Decrim
Photo Corey Leopold Marijuana found an unusual ally in Texas today. Thursday saw a coalition of police officers and judges head to the Texas State Capitol in support of House Bil ...
Photo Corey Leopold Marijuana found an unusual ally in Texas today. Thursday saw a coalition of police officers and judges head to the Texas State Capitol in ...
Texas Law Enforcers Are Sick Of Pot Busts
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February 16, 2017
Texas Law Enforcers Are Sick Of Pot BustsTexas Law Enforcers Are Sick Of Pot BustsTexas Law Enforcers Are Sick Of Pot Busts
Texas is one of the biggest strongholds for cannabis prohibition in America. The state makes approximately60,000 arrests for simple possession of marijuana every year. But that might soon change because m ...
Texas is one of the biggest strongholds for cannabis prohibition in America. The state makes approximately60,000 arrests for simple possession of marijuana every year. But that might s ...
Texas Marijuana Lobby Day has ballooned in size — and potentially influence
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February 17, 2017
Texas Marijuana Lobby Day has ballooned in size — and potentially influenceTexas Marijuana Lobby Day has ballooned in size — and potentially i...Texas Marijuana Lobby Day has ballooned in size — and potentially influence
By Neal Pollack, The Cannabist Staff AUSTIN, Texas On a recent Wednesday morning at an auxiliary building of the Texas State Capitol, two conference rooms filled in with people who were very excited to a ...
By Neal Pollack, The Cannabist Staff AUSTIN, Texas On a recent Wednesday morning at an auxiliary building of the Texas State Capitol, two conference rooms filled in with people who we ...
Texas House to Hold Hearing on Reducing Marijuana Penalties Today
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March 13, 2017
Texas House to Hold Hearing on Reducing Marijuana Penalties TodayTexas House to Hold Hearing on Reducing Marijuana Penalties TodayTexas House to Hold Hearing on Reducing Marijuana Penalties Today
AUSTIN, TX A bill that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession in Texas is scheduled to receive a hearing Mondayafternoon in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Im proud to present HB 81 ...
AUSTIN, TX A bill that would reduce penalties for marijuana possession in Texas is scheduled to receive a hearing Mondayafternoon in the House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee. Im pro ...
Texas Advocates Make Last Minute Push for Medical Marijuana Fix
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May 08, 2017
Texas Advocates Make Last Minute Push for Medical Marijuana FixTexas Advocates Make Last Minute Push for Medical Marijuana FixTexas Advocates Make Last Minute Push for Medical Marijuana Fix
Marijuana Policy Project | May 8, 2017 AUSTIN, TX A group of patients, caregivers, and advocates will gather at the Texas State Capitol today for an eleventh-hour push to keep critical medical marijuan ...
Marijuana Policy Project | May 8, 2017 AUSTIN, TX A group of patients, caregivers, and advocates will gather at the Texas State Capitol today for an eleventh-hour push to keep criti ...
Time Runs Out on Medical Marijuana Fix, Decriminalization in Texas
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May 11, 2017
Time Runs Out on Medical Marijuana Fix, Decriminalization in TexasTime Runs Out on Medical Marijuana Fix, Decriminalization in TexasTime Runs Out on Medical Marijuana Fix, Decriminalization in Texas
HWN | May 12, 2017 AUSTIN, TX Texas lawmakers only meet every other year for 140 days, and two heavily watched pieces of legislation were not brought to a vote in the House before a midnight deadline F ...
HWN | May 12, 2017 AUSTIN, TX Texas lawmakers only meet every other year for 140 days, and two heavily watched pieces of legislation were not brought to a vote in the House before a ...
A frantic push for medical marijuana in Texas, bureaucratic heartbreak and renewed resolve
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May 16, 2017
A frantic push for medical marijuana in Texas, bureaucratic heartbreak and renewed resolveA frantic push for medical marijuana in Texas, bureaucratic heartbr...A frantic push for medical marijuana in Texas, bureaucratic heartbreak and renewed resolve
By Neal Pollack, The Cannabist Staff AUSTIN, Texas On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 9, Jax Finkel, the executive director of Texas NORML, was frantically trying to find a bill. Somewhere, deep in the cat ...
By Neal Pollack, The Cannabist Staff AUSTIN, Texas On the afternoon of Tuesday, May 9, Jax Finkel, the executive director of Texas NORML, was frantically trying to find a bill. Somewh ...
Texas GOP Supports Medical Marijuana
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May 16, 2016
Texas GOP Supports Medical MarijuanaTexas GOP Supports Medical MarijuanaTexas GOP Supports Medical Marijuana
I received the following alert out of Texas, which is very encouraging, especially considering that reform in Texas can only come via legislative action (Texas has no citizen initiative process): Over the ...
I received the following alert out of Texas, which is very encouraging, especially considering that reform in Texas can only come via legislative action (Texas has no citizen initiativ ...
When it comes to pot reform, Texas lawmakers know their market
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June 24, 2016
When it comes to pot reform, Texas lawmakers know their marketWhen it comes to pot reform, Texas lawmakers know their marketWhen it comes to pot reform, Texas lawmakers know their market
By The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Some Texas legislators would like to see more allowable uses for medical marijuana by expanding a law approved in 2015. The law lets patients with a rare form of epi ...
By The Associated Press AUSTIN, Texas Some Texas legislators would like to see more allowable uses for medical marijuana by expanding a law approved in 2015. The law lets patients wit ...
Medical marijuana will soon be for sale in Texas. But who can buy it?
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November 28, 2017
Medical marijuana will soon be for sale in Texas. But who can buy it?Medical marijuana will soon be for sale in Texas. But who can buy it?Medical marijuana will soon be for sale in Texas. But who can buy it?
By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram In just a few weeks,medical marijuanawill legally be sold in Texas. The plants are nearly finished growing in South-Central Texas, which means workers will so ...
By Anna M. Tinsley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram In just a few weeks,medical marijuanawill legally be sold in Texas. The plants are nearly finished growing in South-Central Texas, which m ...
Large majority of Colorado students aren’t using marijuana — no matter what a Texas baseball coach thinks
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March 02, 2018
Large majority of Colorado students aren’t using marijuana — no matter what a Texas bas...Large majority of Colorado students aren’t using marijuana — no mat...Large majority of Colorado students aren’t using marijuana — no matter what a Texas baseball coach thinks
By John Ingold, The Denver Post When a Texas college baseball coach told a prospective recruit that hed blacklisted athletes from Colorado over concerns about marijuana use, it brought swift rebuke from a ...
By John Ingold, The Denver Post When a Texas college baseball coach told a prospective recruit that hed blacklisted athletes from Colorado over concerns about marijuana use, it brought ...
Texas judge weighs whether father who treated autistic daughter with marijuana is fit to be her guardian
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March 06, 2018
Texas judge weighs whether father who treated autistic daughter with marijuana is fit t...Texas judge weighs whether father who treated autistic daughter wit...Texas judge weighs whether father who treated autistic daughter with marijuana is fit to be her guardian
By Naomi Martin, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS Christy Zartler had practiced what to say, yet she was still nervous on the witness stand. She and her husband had always done what they believed was righ ...
By Naomi Martin, The Dallas Morning News DALLAS Christy Zartler had practiced what to say, yet she was still nervous on the witness stand. She and her husband had always done what th ...
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