Plans to expand Texas’ medical marijuana program for chronic pain go up in smoke May 25, 2023 AggregatedNews Medical Marijuana, Texas 0 Comments Despite testimony from advocates about the positive effects of cannabis as medicine and bipartisan support in the House, a proposal to expand Texas’ medical marijuana program appears to have met its end this legislative session. The bill authored by Fort… Read More→
Texas Original CEO Nico Richardson Wants Better Access for Patients April 24, 2023 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights 0 Comments Texas is not exactly on a fast track when it comes to medical cannabis, but significant advances are afoot during the current legislative session, which ends May 30. The Texas Compassionate Use Act, which was passed into law in 2015,… Read More→
Fluent in Florida: CEO Robert Beasley’s Strategy of Growth by Contraction December 12, 2022 Tom Hymes Company Stories, News & Insights, Spotlight 0 Comments Founded in 2016, Cansortium Inc. is the publicly traded parent company of Florida-based Fluent, which was rebranded from Knox Medical in May 2019. Fluent is a multistate operator with a reach as far west as Texas and as far north… Read More→
Most Texans Want To Legalize Marijuana. Why Doesn’t Greg Abbott Listen to Them? August 19, 2022 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments The governor, like Republican politicians in other red states where support for legalization is surprisingly strong, does not seem to think it is risky to defy public opinion. A new poll finds that 55 percent of Texas voters favor legalizing marijuana for… Read More→
Battle lines being drawn as petition to decriminalize marijuana in Killeen moves to City Council June 12, 2022 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments After six months of gathering signatures for their petition, a group wanting to decriminalize low-level marijuana possession is scheduled to speak with the Killeen City Council on Tuesday with a goal to get the measure on the city ballot in… Read More→
At SXSW, Beto O’Rourke says legalizing weed is possible: ‘Republicans like to get high just as much as Democrats’ March 15, 2022 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Democratic candidate Beto O'Rourke said Saturday that if elected governor of Texas, he would pursue legalizing marijuana — and said he anticipates that the Republican majority in the Legislature would get on board. “I’ll let you in on a secret: Republicans… Read More→
Beto O’Rourke’s blunt support of marijuana legalization gives advocates hope for policy change January 3, 2022 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments 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. At a crowded rally in downtown Austin, Beto O’Rourke ticked off his usual… Read More→
Texas says popular cannabis extract, delta-8, is illegal, sending retailers scrambling October 21, 2021 AggregatedNews Texas 1 Comment The federal farm bill in 2018 made the substance legal because of its low THC content. Three years after federal legislation removed the marijuana extract known as delta-8 THC from the nation's list of controlled substances, Texas health officials have… 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→
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→
Will Texans give up gun rights to get medical marijuana? Federal government says they have to June 19, 2019 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments AUSTIN — 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 bomb explosion… Read More→
Houston DA Denounces Prosecuting Minor Marijuana Offenses January 11, 2017 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments When it comes to cannabis, Texas is one of the unfriendliest states in America. Recreational marijuana, medical marijuana, CBD (the non-psychoactive cannabis extract) and even hemp are all still prohibited in the Lone Star State. But the largest city in… Read More→
Texas Businesses Can Benefit From Decriminalizing Marijuana July 19, 2016 AggregatedNews Texas 0 Comments Texans who are arrested for possessing small amounts of marijuana shouldn’t be locked out of jobs and haunted by minor lapses in judgment for the rest of their lives, business and legislative leaders say. As acceptance of marijuana — medical… Read More→
Survey Finds That 68% of Texans Favor Cannabis Decriminalization June 26, 2015 AggregatedNews Policy & Legal, Texas 0 Comments AUSTIN, TX — Over two thirds of Texas voters support decriminalizing marijuana in the Lone Star State, according to the latest statewide poll released Wednesday. The University of Texas/Texas Tribune Poll, which asked voters about a variety of political topics, found 68% of… Read More→
How Texas Became a New Front in the War Over Marijuana Legalization June 3, 2015 John Hollon Policy & Legal, Texas 0 Comments Shortly before 10 p.m. on a Wednesday in April, Tammy Castro was describing the heartbreaking story of her son’s losing battle against drug abuse. The crowded Capitol conference room, packed with marijuana-rights activists, fell silent. Marijuana started her son on… Read More→