Beto O’Rourke Embraces Cannabis Legalization In Bid for Texas Governor
Tue / Nov 16th
Beto O’Rourke said that Texans “actually agree” on cannabis legalization when he announced his bid for the governor’s office on Monday.
Texas medical cannabis news updates for industry professionals. Find our latest coverage of Texas medical cannabis, CBD and hemp policy developments below:
Tue / Nov 16th
Beto O’Rourke said that Texans “actually agree” on cannabis legalization when he announced his bid for the governor’s office on Monday.
Wed / Nov 10th
A Texas judge has temporarily blocked the state from listing delta-8 THC as a Schedule 1 narcotic following an injunction filed by the Austin-based dispensary Hometown Hero.
Tue / Nov 9th
Dallas County, Texas stopped prosecuting first-offense, misdemeanor cannabis cases, resulting in an overall decrease of 31%, but Black people still make up the majority of cases referred to the District Attorney’s office.
Wed / Oct 20th
Texas medical cannabis dispensary Goodblend is going on a bus tour to promote enrollment in the state’s limited cannabis program. The tour is currently slated for four cities over five dates.
Tue / Aug 24th
A Texas man has been indicted on theft charges after allegedly bilking investors out of tens of thousands of dollars he said would be used to purchase a hemp license.
Wed / Jun 30th PRESS RELEASE
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Tue / Jun 1st
The Texas Senate failed to consider a House-approved bill to reduce the penalties for possessing cannabis concentrate products before the state’s legislative session ended on Monday.
Wed / May 26th
The Texas Senate yesterday advanced House-approved medical cannabis expansions but lawmakers lowered the bill’s proposed THC limits from 5% to just 1%.
Tue / May 25th
Texas lawmakers approved legislation over the weekend to study the effectiveness of psychedelics in treating PTSD among veterans and to reduce possession penalties for cannabis concentrates.
Mon / May 10th
A political consultant working for the agriculture commissioner of Texas has been arrested for his role in an alleged pay-to-play hemp licensing scheme.
Thu / Apr 29th
The Texas House approved expansions to the state’s medical cannabis program that would raise the THC limit from 0.5% to 5% and legalize access for patients with chronic pain, PTSD, and cancer.
Fri / Apr 9th
A key committee in Texas’ House has advanced a proposal containing expansions to the state’s limited medical cannabis program.
Thu / Mar 4th
A recent poll found that 60 percent of Texans are ready to legalize cannabis “for any use.”
Tue / Nov 24th
Police in Fort Worth, Texas have opted out of enforcing low-level cannabis possession laws due to the legal status of hemp, which is indistinguishable from cannabis without lab testing.
Wed / Nov 11th
Texas Senator-elect Roland Gutierrez has pre-filed a bill that aims to legalize cannabis in Texas and dramatically expand the state’s limited medical cannabis program.
Tue / Aug 11th
Hemp entrepreneurs and advocates are suing the state of Texas over regulations that ban smokeable forms of hemp products, arguing that the ban is unconstitutional.
Thu / Jul 30th
Texas is about to institute a statewide ban on the sale of smokeable hemp products. However, the ban does not prevent Texans from ordering smokeable hemp products online.
Mon / Jun 1st
Law enforcement must stop arresting people over low-level cannabis crimes under a new law in San Marcos, Texas.
Thu / May 21st
A recent study suggests that female cannabis users experience more intense cannabis cravings than their male counterparts.
Wed / May 13th
The El Paso, Texas City Council has approved a “cite and release” policy for the possession of up to two ounces of cannabis.
Tue / May 5th
Panda Biotech announced it is donating 60 tons of hemp fiber seed to Texas farmers as the state’s hemp industry takes off.
Fri / Apr 10th
Texas regulators issued the state’s first industrial hemp license this week; Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller said it was “just the beginning.”
Fri / Feb 28th
The Texas Department of Public Safety told law enforcement that state labs won’t be conducting cannabis lab tests for misdemeanor possession cases.
Fri / Jan 24th
The Austin, Texas City Council has approved a resolution that blocks police from using city funds on lab tests for low-level cannabis possession cases, effectively decriminalizing the possession of small amounts of cannabis.
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