Week of 08/06/2022 Cannabis News: Brittney Griner sentenced to 9 years, San Marcos Decrim on the Ballot, Feds seek breathalyzer-like research
This week in review WNBA star Brittney Griner has been sentenced to 9 years in Russian Penal Colony and advocates are voicing out. The City of San Marcos will see decrim on the ballot in November. The federal government is looking for a agency capable of doing breath and blood samples for when people consumer cannabis. Audio player embedded below for those that are on the go.
San Marcos city council sends decriminalization measure to the ballot
Mano Amiga along with other advocacy groups such a Ground Game Texas and Texas Cannabis Collective gathered signatures of registered voters across several months. Those signature were delivered to City Hall at the end of May, and were verified just this past week. The San Marcos City Council was then required to decide on whether to pass the measure themselves or send it to the November election ballot.
San Marcos first Texas city to pass cite and release as binding law
San Marcos first is a startling change leaving the rest of the state in the dust on cannabis reform progress.
SMPOA threat to the San Marcos city council makes no sense.
The police union sent a 7-page letter to the city council. It outlines why they deemed the steps and guidance being placed in the ordinance as bad ideas. Here are all their grievances and the issues with those grievances.