Prosecutors in State’s Largest County Now Know if it’s Hemp or Marijuana
Is it marijuana or hemp? Do we prosecute or drop charges? Those are questions prosecutors around Texas have been wrestling with since the legislature...
Texas Medical Marijuana Compassionate Use Program Will Now Include Cancer Patients and People with...
Texas’ medical marijuana is best known for being one of the most restrictive in the county, limiting its medicinal relief to fewer than 6,000...
Texas Police Raids Hemp Shop Even When Products Are Legal
Texas police keep raiding hemp shops in north Texas despite the state legalizing industrial hemp in 2018.
The latest raid against a hemp shop was...
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, over the...
Abbott Is Not Sold On Biden’s Pardon Of Marijuana Possession Charges
On Thursday, President Joe Biden took the Texas GOP party by surprise, as he announced a pardon of all federal marijuana possession charges, urging...
Pot Of Gold
This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook and Twitter.On June 10, 2019, Governor...
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 state, with...
DPS Will Not Test Hemp in Misdemeanor Possession Cases
The future of marijuana in the Texas justice system remains very fluid and odd. The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) is slated to...
With Deadline Looming, Abbott Under Pressure to Veto THC Ban
After the Legislature this session passed a ban on consumable tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC, veterans and cannabis industry...
Is Marijuana Decriminalization A Campaign Issue?
Marijuana decriminalization could become a force to be reckoned with in the upcoming elections, especially when 55% of Texans strongly support the recreational use...
