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Proposition B takes center stage in November for Denton residents to determine if police should officially ignore instances of low-level marijuana possession, directed by a new city ordinance that seeks to bring common-sense cannabis reform to Denton.
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The announcement of the pardons comes as polling indicates a majority of Texans support legalizing marijuana in some form. But Abbott's office said the state won't take advice from the Biden administration.
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Denton residents will soon begin voting on a ballot proposition to decriminalize marijuana. Voters in several other Texas cities will be weighing in on similar proposals.
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Sales soared during the first week recreational recreational marijuana was legal and dispensaries in small towns near the Texas state line did big business.
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The bill faces stiff headwinds in the Senate, where it would require 60 votes to pass. A similar measure the House passed in 2020 failed in the upper chamber.
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“Small possession of marijuana is not the type of violation that we want to stockpile jails with,” Texas Gov. Greg Abbott said Monday.
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The number of misdemeanor marijuana prosecutions in Dallas County declined from 2018 to 2019, but Black residents continue to be arrested at higher rates, according to a report by SMU's Deason Criminal Justice Reform Center.
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Banned sprinter Sha’Carri Richardson was not on the Olympic roster released Tuesday by USA Track and Field, a decision that means the American champion’s positive test for marijuana will cost her a chance at running on the relay team in Tokyo, in addition to her spot in the 100-meter individual race.
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The new policy comes after a recent report found Black and Latino residents in Dallas are more likely to be arrested for low-level offenses.
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According to the latest UT/TT Poll, most Texas voters support expanded gambling and would legalize marijuana. Half would leave Confederate statues and monuments where they are. And they're divided on whether to change state abortion laws or leave them as is.
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The legislation removes cannabis from the list of federally controlled substances and expunges low-level convictions and arrests. But the GOP Senate is not expected to take up the bill.