Texas’ medical cannabis program could expand under bill preliminarily OK’d by House April 29, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The Texas House gave initial approval on Wednesday to a bill that would expand the state’s medical cannabis program to include those with chronic pain, all cancer patients and Texans suffering from PTSD. House Bill 1535, by Rep. Stephanie Klick,… Read More→
Texas House committee passes bill to expand medical marijuana program April 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The Texas House Committee on Public Health passed a bill Wednesday that would include more patients in the Texas Compassionate Use Program (TCUP) for medical marijuana. House Bill 1535, authored by Fort Worth Republican Rep. Stephanie Klick, would grow the… Read More→
Texas’ odds for marijuana law reform? Depends on who you ask. March 23, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments While proponents of marijuana law reform in Texas are hoping bipartisan efforts this session lead to greater access to recreational and medical cannabis, that may not be likely. A report from the news site Marijuana Moment shows that top state lawmakers do… Read More→
Texas’ Medical Marijuana Program Is One Of The Most Restrictive In The Country. Advocates Hope The Legislature Will Change That. January 8, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Five years after Texas legalized medical marijuana for people with debilitating illnesses, advocates and industry experts say the state’s strict rules, red tape, and burdensome barriers to entry have left the program largely inaccessible to those it was intended to… Read More→
High aspirations: Marijuana bills look to push Texas toward decriminalization, legalization in 2021 December 29, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments With the start of the 87th Texas Legislative session less than a month away, 20 marijuana bills have been filed as several lawmakers look to take the next step toward legalization in the Lone Star State. Colorado legalized marijuana just… Read More→
Tomlinson: The time has come for Texas to legalize marijuana — and decriminalize much more November 23, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments American companies sell thousands of products that harm consumers, create addictions and generate health care costs for society-at-large, all in the name of personal liberty. Legalizing marijuana, therefore, is completely consistent. Texas should follow the lead of 15 other states… Read More→
Several states legalized marijuana last week. Will Texas be next? November 10, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Advocates for marijuana legalization are hopeful Texas lawmakers will take up meaningful reform this upcoming 2021 legislative session. During last week's general election, voters in Arizona, Montana, New Jersey and South Dakota approved ballot measures allowing recreational marijuana, leaving Texas… Read More→
As Texas Hemp Farmers Prepare For Their First-Ever Harvest, Cannabis Regulation Remains Complicated August 14, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Texas is preparing for the first-ever legal cannabis harvests since the plant was banned statewide in 1931. In Bergheim, Texas, just north of San Antonio, there's a skunky smell in the air. "You know, that’s a really good description. Skunky… Read More→
Texas to end retail outlet sales of legal smokable cannabis July 30, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The smoking of legal cannabis in Texas may go on. But as of this Sunday, stores that sell hemp flowers can only sell consumable versions of the plant. By state regulations, consuming does not include smoking. “I think we’re going… Read More→
Austin police won’t cite, arrest for misdemeanor pot charges, chief says July 4, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Austin police will no longer cite or arrest people for Class A or Class B misdemeanor marijuana possession, Chief Brian Manley said in a memo Thursday. Officers will now only cite or arrest people for misdemeanor marijuana possession if a person’s… Read More→
Texas state crime labs won’t test suspected marijuana in low-level cases February 27, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The Texas Department of Public Safety is almost ready to roll out its long-awaited lab test to tell if cannabis is newly legal hemp or illegal marijuana. But DPS Director Steve McCraw notified Texas law enforcement agencies this month of a crucial… Read More→
Austin, Texas police will stop arrests, tickets in most low-level marijuana cases after unanimous City Council vote January 24, 2020 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The Austin City Council approved a resolution Thursday that will largely end arrests and fines for low-level marijuana possession. This comes after Texas' legalization of hemp last June threw marijuana prosecution into chaos since the plants look and smell identical. The resolution directs Austin… Read More→
He spent a month in Texas jail accused of hauling 3,350 pounds of marijuana. But lab results say it was legal hemp. January 7, 2020 AggregatedNews Hemp Policy & Legal, Texas 0 Comments In the ongoing chaos of hemp’s legalization that has sent marijuana prosecutions plummeting, Texas has encountered a 3,350-pound problem. Last month, a Texas Department of Public Safety trooper arrested a driver who the agency claimed was hauling more than a ton of marijuana… Read More→
Will Texans give up gun rights to get medical marijuana? Federal government says they have to August 6, 2019 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal, Texas 0 Comments AUSTIN, Texas — For years, Joshua Raines has been using marijuana illegally to treat the epilepsy and PTSD he developed during his five years in the Army. His diagnosis was set off after suffering a traumatic brain injury during a… Read More→
Life-Changing: What Expansion of Texas Medical Cannabis Program Means for Patients July 2, 2019 Morris Denton Texas 0 Comments The 86th Texas Legislature will be remembered as a landmark in Lone Star state history for the rights of Texas patients and their families. The new medical cannabis law, passed with bipartisan support and signed by Republican Gov. Greg Abbott,… Read More→