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Physicians are increasingly concerned as cases of accidental marijuana ingestion among children 3 and younger spike at Cook Children’s emergency department in Fort Worth.
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Ground Game Texas is working to collect 35,000 signatures to put a decriminalization amendment in front of Dallas voters this fall.
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Decriminalize Denton, a local nonprofit, filed a petition of intervention on Monday, making it a defendant in Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Jan. 31 lawsuit against Denton. The organization seeks to have Paxton’s lawsuit dismissed on the grounds that it has no legal standings, according to a Feb. 5 press release.
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Five Texas cities have adopted policies that decriminalize low levels of marijuana possession, after voters overwhelmingly supported the changes. The Texas attorney general says that's against state law.
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The voter-approved ordinance already prohibits the city of Denton from spending budgetary funds on THC testing. But, according to the city charter, since a voter-led initiative put it on the ballot, it doesn't have budgetary power.
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The Denton Police Department released a list of the citations and arrests related to misdemeanor amounts of marijuana, covering the time period between Nov. 3 and May 2.
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Denton voters overwhelmingly approved Proposition B in November, but city council members are still hesitant to enforce the ordinance aimed at decriminalizing minor marijuana charges, even amid pushback from marijuana reform advocates.
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Texans pay some of the highest property taxes in the country, and listeners have a lot of thoughts about how that could be addressed. One unconventional idea we’ve heard: offsetting homeowners’ tax bills with revenue from legal weed. So, could that actually work?
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The report examined 2019 arrest data, finding that many people arrested for low-level offenses could have been given a citation instead. It also found arrests disproportionately impacted Black Texans.
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City officials stand in the way after voters in five Texas cities approved decriminalizing marijuanaSome local leaders say they worry the changes violate state law, while residents who supported decriminalizing marijuana say the pushback disrespects democracy.
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San Marcos, Denton, Elgin, Killeen and Harker Heights all voted to reduce criminal penalties for low-level marijuana possession.
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