Legal Related A Bill to Legalize Marijuana is Filed in Texas House by Sophia Vida April 22, 2021 A bill filed by Texas Rep. James Talarico on March 12th, has been filed in the Texas House. The bill, called House Bill 4089, would legalize cannabis in the state if signed into law. It would also expunge past marijuana convict...
Legal Related Economic Analysis Shows that Texas Could Make Billions if State Legalizes Marijuana by Sophia Vida October 23, 2020 If there was ever a reason for a state to consider marijuana legislation it would be the potential billions upon billions of tax revenue that could pour in. According to new economic analysis from Vicente Sederberg LLP, given t...
Legal Related Texas House Speaker Says Legal Marijuana Could Be Good for State but Will Still Vote Against It by Sophia Vida July 28, 2020 Texas House Speaker Dennis Bonnen (R) has admitted the legalizing marijuana in the state could be the answer to Texas' budget shortfall, but he still doesn't approve of it and would vote against it. “It certainly could be a h...
Trends & Articles Texas Looks to Recreational Marijuana Legislation to Help Financial Crisis by Sophia Vida June 18, 2020 Texas could soon be one of the next states to allow marijuana as the state looks into the idea of legalizing the plant to help its financial woes. State Rep. Dustin Burrows (R-Lubbock) touched on the idea in a recent webinar on...
Legal Related Texas is Changing How it Handles Marijuana Possession by Sophia Vida August 06, 2019 Texas police are changing up how they handle marijuana possession in the state. The state's largest law enforcement agency is not going to arrest people for low marijuana offenses. According to a memo seen by The Texas Tribune,...
Legal Related New Medical Marijuana Law in Texas Leaves Vets With PTSD Behind by Sophia Vida July 03, 2019 While many may be happy that Texas has a new medical marijuana law, but it's probably not U.S. veterans who have PTSD. Texas recently passed medical cannabis reform but left out people who say the drug eases their symptoms of p...
Legal Related Texas Senate Advances Bill to Expand Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida May 23, 2019 It was this week that the Texas Senate advanced a bill that would expand the list of debilitating marijuana conditions that can be legally treated by marijuana. The Senate had unanimously voted in favor of a bill by state Rep. ...
Legal Related Lawmakers in Texas Schedule Hearings for Many Marijuana Bills by Sophia Vida April 02, 2019 Texas lawmakers got down to business on Monday when it came to considering marijuana legislation. Lawmakers in three House committees scheduled to hold hearings on 11 separate pieces of cannabis legislation. It was only a we...
Legal Related Four New Bills in Texas Seek to Expand the Legalization of Medical Marijuana by Sophia Vida February 07, 2019 Four proposed bills in Texas are looking to expand on the legislation of medicinal marijuana in the state of Texas. Currently Texas only has the Texas Compassionate Use Act, which it legalized in 2015, allowing the sale of a sp...
Trends & Articles There’s a School Dedicated to Studying Marijuana in This State by Sophia Vida January 11, 2019 Texas is home to a school that is dedicated to studying cannabis and the school will be opened this weekend Located in Houston, the Houston Academy of Cannabis Science will open its doors soon. CEO Leavery Davidson remarked, "W...