Texas House votes to legalize the farming of industrial hemp
State Rep. Tracy King, D-Batesville, on the House floor on April 23, 2019. Juan Figueroa/The Texas Tribune
The Texas House on Tuesday gave broad preliminary approval...
Texas May Have Missed the Hemp Boom. Can the Industry Recover?
There were some very big numbers bandied about when the Texas legislature paved the way for hemp to be grown in the...
Texas CBD oil still illegal in Montgomery County
Texas CBD oil is at the height of its popularity. However, Montgomery County prosecutors will still go after people for possession of...
Medical Marijuana Dispensaries in Texas: What to know; What Might Be Next
If you’re one of more than a million Texans who qualify for a medical marijuana prescription to help with myriad diseases and...
Texas Should Expand Compassionate Use of Medical Marijuana
There are numerous topics and concerns for Texas lawmakers to address when they meet at the Capitol in Austin, from rising property taxes to...
Marijuana Won’t Land You in Jail in El Paso Now
El Paso is the latest big Texas city to change how it handles low-level marijuana cases.
Instead of being...
Marijuana Messaging Changes In Response to Budget News
For months, advocates for greater access to cannabis in Texas have been looking at the expected massive budget shortfall and pointing out...
Texas medical marijuana expansion gains steam in Senate, even after prior stonewalling
Sen. Donna Campbell, R-New Braunfels, is sponsoring a medical marijuana bill.
Miguel Gutierrez Jr./The Texas Tribune
Even as the Senate stonewalls a handful of bills aimed...
Texas House passes bill that reduces penalties for Texans caught with small amounts of...
The vote was lauded as a win by those eager for the state to take its first major step toward loosening its staunch marijuana...
Makers, Distributors Sue Over Texas’s Ban on Sales of Smokable Hemp
Hemp manufacturers and retailers have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services and the agency’s commissioner, John Hellerstedt,...
