Questions Every Texas Marijuana User Needs To Think About During The COVID-19 Pandemic
*This article was submitted by longtime TCC contributor David Bass of Texas Veterans for Medical Marijuana: How will this COVID-19 pandemic affect the black market for marijuana in Texas? Here, […]
400 lbs of marijuana evidence dismissed in Texas case over illegal stop.
On March 12, 2020 Judge Jack McGaughey of the 97th District Court in Montague County held that the stop and subsequent detention of two Florida men as unlawful and granted the defense’s motion to suppress derived as a result of that stop.
Hemp Applications Are Ready To Submit March 16th.
Co-chair of the Texas Industrial Hemp Council Eloise Frischkorn spoke with Sid Miller at Houston Rodeo on Wednesday about hemp applications.
El Paso City Council to Revisit Implementation of Cite and Release
On Wednesday, March 11, 2020, El Paso City Council Representatives Anello (D2) and Morgan (D4) filed Agenda Item 32.2. – Discussion and action to request that the City Manager provide […]
Cite and release is a historic Texas step for San Marcos City Council.
The city council of San Marcos convened Tuesday to determine how to direct the city manager on handling cite and release in the city of San Marcos. What originally began as a move to
El Paso Police Harass and Detain a Patient for Legal Hemp Flower
On Sunday, March 1, 2020, El Paso Police were called out to an apartment occupied by C.S. due to the “smell of marijuana”.
San Marcos City Council to Consider Cite and Release Program For Marijuana
San Marcos City Council has added cite and release for misdemeanor possession to their agenda for the upcoming meeting on March 3, 2020.
Denton Takes First Step in Criminal Justice Reform
Ever since Texas passed the hemp law last year, law enforcement organizations across the state have struggled to sustain cannabis prohibition. Briefly, the passage of the hemp law meant that […]
This Texas Senate Race May Impact Marijuana Legalization Nationally
We wrote about Dwayne Stovall and John Cornyn this past week and how one is pushing states’ rights. Cornyn is obviously pushing prohibitionist views. As an activist pushing for legalization, it would appear to be in the best interest to just push for someone who wants legalization.
Clearing confusion on the temporary DEA hemp rules suspension announced by USDA, TDA rule changes
Thursday afternoon the USDA announced a temporary removal of the rules requiring hot hemp crops to be disposed of via DEA methods, and drop the DEA accredited lab testing requirement.