EarthxHemp 2019: A Conference for The Agricultural Future
Few environmental sustainability mega-conferences are as notable and over encompassing as the world renowned EarthX, held annually around the time of Earth Day in Dallas’ Fair Park. With subjects featuring […]
Texas Senate Passes Industrial Hemp Bill Unanimously
The wishes of both Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller and the millions of Texans who see a desperate environmental and economic need for industrial hemp may soon become even truer. Similarly […]
Expanding The Texas Compassionate Use Program: HB 3703
During Texas’ 2015 Legislative Session, Rep. Stephanie Klick authored the legislation that created the Texas Compassionate Use Program. The legislation, which would eventually be signed by Governor Abbott, authorized the […]
Hundreds Prepare to March in Fort Worth For Marijuana Reform: DFW Marijuana March 2019
Although the outcomes of House Bills 63 and 1365 are ambiguous at best given the naturally constant uncertainty of the Texas Legislature, the extensive continuing activism surrounding the cannabis legal […]
The Next Supercrop: The Texas Senate’s Hearing on Industrial Hemp
Regardless of the outcome, cannabis and hemp history has consistently been made in the Texas Legislature. Both House Bills 63 1365 passed in the Texas House. While the Senate and […]
Texas House Passes Medical Marijuana Bill With 121-23 Super Majority
It’s been only a week since the historically monumental moment when a cannabis reform bill, Rep. Joe Moody’s House Bill 63, passed in the Texas House of Representatives with a […]
Houston Young Republicans: The Future of The GOP on Prohibition, Dan Patrick and Correct Drug Policy
A wildly incorrect but occasionally believed stereotype is that every single person who wants cannabis legalized either medically or recreationally is a kale-eating and Prius-driving ultra-liberal and that no conservative […]
The Wannabe Thanos of Texas Cannabis Legislation: Dan Patrick Promises To Kill HB 63
The previous several weeks in Austin have become suspenseful legislative nail biters for cannabis advocates, with House Bill 1325 passing in the Texas House of Representatives and further authorizing legal […]
The Legal Ramifications of House Bill 1325, Explained By Ritter-Spencer’s Chelsie Spencer
Similarly to several other cannabis-related laws in Texas, the laws surrounding the business and operations of industrial hemp/CBD companies can oftentimes be mind-boggling and ridiculously convoluted depending on precisely which […]
The Status and Impacts of House Bills 63 and 1365: An Interview with Texans for Responsible Marijuana Policy Director Heather Fazio
The 2019 Texas Legislative Session has become arguably the most vital session for cannabis reform statewide in the state’s history. Every cannabis-related measure short of full recreational legalization, from decriminalization […]