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State Senator Jose Menendez has filed a bill to give Texas veterans, cancer patients and others fighting chronic conditions access to medical cannabis. Currently, only patients with a certain form of epilepsy may use medical marijuana, but Senate Bill 79 would give doctors the authorities to...

A traffic safety organization is warning that two recent studies suggest that legalizing recreational marijuana could lead to an increase in crashes, including deadly ones. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) says that studies by the Highway Loss Data Institute and researchers...

About 500 agriculture producers packed the C.J. Davidson Conference Center at Angelo State University Monday afternoon to share their stories with Congressman Michael Conaway (R) Midland who represents San Angelo. At least two attendees urged the Chairman of the House Agriculture committee...

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office staff can expect to hear a lot about marijuana over the next few weeks. Advocates for broadly legalizing marijuana in Texas for medical purposes, and for decriminalizing low-volume possession of all pot, have begun exhorting supporters to email or call the...

Madelynn Garza had her first seizure at three months old. She was born with Aicardi Syndrome, a disease affecting nearly 4,000 people worldwide that caused her infantile spasms and made her legally blind. Now almost two, Madelynn's parents say they’re not sure whether she’ll ever walk or speak...

Marijuana reform is headed for Texas, but it probably won't get here anytime soon. During the 85th Texas legislative session, which ended in May, two cannabis reform bills made it further than pretty much any similar efforts have before. Although both laws had an apparent majority in the...

At the close of the 2017 legislative session, marijuana remains illegal to produce, possess, use or sell in Texas. While cities like Dallas have moved to implement cite-and-release policies, which allow police to send people holding marijuana home with a court summons, the state maintains its...

Shortly after the Texas Legislature authorized limited use of medical marijuana in 2015 to treat people with intractable epilepsy, the Department of Public Safety's chief financial officer projected the agency would need to license 12 dispensaries to meet the needs of some 150,000 people across...

Time ran out in the Texas House late Thursday on a proposed law that would have reduced the penalty for possession of small amounts of marijuana in the state to below that of most traffic tickets. A midnight deadline passed without the full House taking up House Bill 81 for initial...

Three companies have been given the preliminary green light to cultivate, process, and sell low-level medical marijuana for a select group of patients in Texas. On May 1, the Texas Department of Public Safety tentatively approved three business ventures – Cansortium Texas, Compassionate...

With the clock ticking down on the current session of the Texas Legislature, advocates for legalizing medicinal marijuana in the state are replacing their appeals to lawmakers' compassion for suffering patients with political pressure. About two dozen supporters of medicinal marijuana rallied...

Time is running out for a medical marijuana bill that has attracted considerable bipartisan support this legislative session. Although the bill has nearly 80 House members from both parties signed on as co-authors, it's still not scheduled for a vote – and Thursday is the last day for the House...

Medical marijuana advocates in Texas are promoting support from more conservative sources to push longshot legislation that would ease pot laws in a state that's lagging behind much of the rest of the country on medical marijuana. Conservative Christian mothers of autistic children and veterans...

The Texas Compassionate Use Act was signed into law on June 1, 2015, by Governor Greg Abbott. However, it appears the state might not implement the medical marijuana program it passed and could walk away from millions in potential tax revenues. One of the major obstacles to establishing the...

Texans with severe epilepsy are one step closer to obtaining cannabis oil from dispensaries within the state. For some patients, the cannabis product might be the only option left to help them reduce seizures. On Thursday, the application process opened for organizations seeking a dispensary...

North Texas — The first step toward legally growing marijuana in the state of Texas could come Thursday. The Texas Department of Public Safety is scheduled to begin accepting applications for licenses to dispense low-THC cannabis under the state's Compassionate Use Act. The town of Gunter...

A judge is recommending a Texas high school teacher should not face legal trouble for legally trying marijuana in Colorado. The New York Times reports Maryam Roland, a science teacher at Parkland High School in El Paso, told school district officials that she ingested edible marijuana during...

Austin - Multiple bills pushing for legal marijuana are sitting before our state legislature in Austin. And marijuana reform activists are rallying their supporter to help change the law. Two groups from Waco are asking for supporters of marijuana reform to pressure their legislators to vote...

Marijuana legalization is expected to be the mostly widely discussed issue of the 85th Texas Legislature, with a plethora of bills pertaining to the subject already waiting to be heard in the coming months. This is not surprising, especially considering the way the state's legislative forces...

Several bills filed by Texas lawmakers would decriminalize marijuana in the state, or at least allow it for medical reasons. The 2017 session begins Tuesday. "I believe Texas is at a tipping point where we're seeing the rest of the country having a sensible marijuana policy," said Shaun...