Texas ballot initiatives hit snags after November passage

During the 2022 elections 5 Texas cities passed measures to stop arrests for misdemeanor amounts of marijuana flower, and it’s not exactly going as planned. Each had it’s own battle to get on the ballot, and each one now is facing it’s own implementation struggle.

CannaNews 11/26: Decriminalization measures see pushback from city councils and managers

This past week has shown disappointment for cannabis advocates as 3 cities have refused to enact their cannabis decriminalization measures. Denton, Killeen, and Harker Heights city councils have all either voted against, for, or put to the wayside their voter approved initiatives. Read more in the article or listen to the podcast version on the go.

Victory in Denton: Decriminalization Measure Passed in North Texas has administrative backlash

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While not the powerhouse of legalization that the 2020 election was, the 2022 midterm elections were still historic for cannabis reform nevertheless. In Denton the city is putting up a fight to the passed decriminalization measure this election cycle. There is still some opposition for the newly passed proposition by Denton Police. For more information read our latest article today.

Five Texas cities decriminalized cannabis flower in elections

Yesterday, Texas voters in San Marcos, Denton, Killeen, Elgin and Harker Heights showed strong support for ballot propositions to decriminalize misdemeanor marijuana possession. The results were overwhelming in favor. Read more to see the results from the election

EP 30: Decriminalize Denton

Jesse and Austin interview Tristan Seikel of Decriminalize Denton. Tristan speaks on the origins of Decriminalize Denton, the process the group has gone through starting with a city council that wasn’t receptive, a police chief changing policy on arrests secretly, all the way to a ballot initiative on a city level to end arrests in Denton.