Texas

Bell County, Texas District Attorney Henry Garza has requested Killeen Police Chief Charles Kimble to resume making arrests for low-level cannabis possession, even though voters passed a resolution to end enforcement.

Texas officials said the state’s medical cannabis patient count has seen a 10% month-over-month increase over the last 18 months.

Five Texas cities — Denton, Elgin, Harker Heights, Killeen, and San Marcos — voted in favor of decriminalizing low-level cannabis possession during Tuesday’s midterm elections.

A mom in Texas is in the process of being evicted from her federally-funded housing due to the possession and consumption of state-legal medical cannabis.

A recent survey found that a majority of Texans support both medical and adult-use cannabis legalization.

Voters in Killeen, Texas will decide this November whether to decriminalize cannabis possession within city limits.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller is continuing to advocate for significant cannabis reforms and recently discussed the racist, classist, and authoritarian history of prohibition.

Voters in Denton, Texas will consider a ballot initiative during the midterm elections that, if passed, would decriminalize low-level cannabis possession by blocking local police from enforcing misdemeanor cannabis crimes.

Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller (R) stated his objection to cannabis prohibition and emphasized the value of medical cannabis as evidenced by real-world data and research from similarly conservative states.

The Texas Supreme Court recently ruled in favor of the statewide ban on smokable hemp, citing the state’s long history of prohibiting and regulating the production and possession of hemp.

Voters in Austin, Texas have overwhelmingly approved a measure to decriminalize cannabis possession and ban no-knock search warrants in the city.

The city council in Austin, Texas is considering whether to let some city-employed first responders access the state’s medical cannabis program.

Advocates in Denton, Texas have launched a signature-gathering campaign with the goal of ending citations and arrests for misdemeanor cannabis possession.

Felony charges of theft and commercial bribery related to hemp licenses were brought against Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller’s top political consultant Todd Smith.

Austin voters will get to decide during the upcoming May election whether to stop the enforcement of low-level cannabis possession charges and ban no-knock warrants by police.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) said this week that people with low-level cannabis possession charges shouldn’t be sent to jail.

Austin, Texas residents will have the opportunity to vote in May on ending enforcement of low-level cannabis offenses and no-knock raids by police.

Delta-8 THC products will remain legal in Texas after the state Supreme Court declined to hear a case involving the legality of Delta-8 products.

Signatures for a ballot initiative to decriminalize cannabis and ban no-knock raids have been submitted to the city of Austin, Texas.

Austin-Travis County (Texas) Emergency Services updated their policy to accept candidates with prior cannabis use to reflect the changing landscape of legalization across the country.

Beto O’Rourke said that Texans “actually agree” on cannabis legalization when he announced his bid for the governor’s office on Monday.

A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state from listing delta-8 THC as a Schedule 1 narcotic following an injunction filed by the Austin-based dispensary Hometown Hero.

Dallas County, Texas stopped prosecuting first-offense, misdemeanor cannabis cases, resulting in an overall decrease of 31%, but Black people still make up the majority of cases referred to the District Attorney’s office.

Texas medical cannabis dispensary Goodblend is going on a bus tour to promote enrollment in the state’s limited cannabis program. The tour is currently slated for four cities over five dates.