ABC’s Dallas affiliate WFAA channel 8, recently quoted David Sloane after he offered his stirring support for a bill that would decriminalize marijuana across the state before the Texas House of Representatives. The author of the story Kevin Reece was reporting on the decision by the Texas Police Chiefs Association (TPCA) to release a report…
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Texas Legislature Considers Marijuana Legalization
The Texas Legislature’s 86th regular session kicked off last week and there are already over a dozen proposed bills that would legalize or decriminalize marijuana to some extent. As more than half the states in the union have legalized cannabis for medical use and 10 states have some form of recreational marijuana, marijuana advocates in…
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Why Can’t Texas Vote to Legalize Marijuana?
In states like California, the state constitution allows for electors to vote on referenda to become law during general elections. So, for instance, the question of whether marijuana should be legalized was left up to California citizens under California Proposition 64 in 2016. That measure passed with 57% of the vote which is why recreational…
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