All posts tagged "texas"

Current Events

Week in Review: Guitar Legend Carlos Santana Expands Cannabis Brand; Texas Inches Closer to Decriminalization

ICYMI: Catch up on the week’s latest news from across the cannabis spectrum.

Current Events

Cannabis’ Big Impact on Border Towns

Cities located near state borders in the West are finding cannabis is replacing gold, coal and...

Politics

Austin Voters to Decide on Marijuana Decriminalization Measure

The Austin City Council voted this week to include a marijuana decriminalization measure on the ballot...

Medical

Veterans Speak Out for State Medical Marijuana Programs

The VA has been cutting off benefits to military veterans who use medical marijuana unless they...

Legal

How Texas Accidentally Decriminalized Cannabis

Differentiating hemp from cannabis causes law enforcement to back away from testing low-level busts.

Politics

Austin Votes to Decriminalize Cannabis

Vote to effectively decriminalize cannabis in Texas’s most progressive city is ignored by police, who won’t...

Hemp

Texas Governor Fumes as Hemp Law Leads to Cannabis Case Dismissals

Politicians are up in arms about the cannabis testing deficiency that’s allowed cases to slip through...

Medical

Texas Lawmaker Lies about Pot & Veteran Suicides to Block Medical Access

70% of military veterans dead by suicide had THC in their systems, according to Donna Campbell,...

Legal

Guns vs. Marijuana: Will Texas Give Cannabis Users Their Second Amendment Rights?

The federal government’s longstanding ban on firearms ownership for cannabis patients not popular in Texas, but...

Medical

Texas May Finally Be Serious About Medical Cannabis, But There’s a Problem

An expansion of the Lone Star State’s limited medical marijuana bill is heading to the state’s...

Legal

The DEA Has Found Someone to Burn 1,000 Pounds of Cannabis per Hour

But the news is flying under the radar because the clickbait excitement around the DEA looking...

Hemp

The Best Photos From Cannabis Now’s SXSW Hemp Today Event

Highlights include Curren$y and Devin the Dude smoking fat blunts on stage (and reading our magazine)...

Industry Events

Debates Over Big Cannabusiness Dominate the SXSW Conversation

One highlight of the annual super-festival included a protest against the appearance of former U.S. House...

Politics

CBD-Only States: A Win for Medical Marijuana?  

What’s next for CBD in the United States after the passage of the Farm Bill? The...

Politics

Two Major Marijuana Reform Bills Filed in Texas

The 2019 legislative session will see two bills designed to improve cannabis laws in Texas.  

Legal

Appeals Court Upholds CBD’s Status as Controlled Substance

A federal appeals court has turned down a challenge by the hemp industry to the DEA's...

Politics

The 6 Best Governors for Cannabis Policy… And the 6 Worst

With cannabis still illegal on the federal level, the marijuana policy developments happening on the state...

Cannabis

Judge Rules Texas Father Can Give Autistic Child Medical Marijuana

Parents who administer medical marijuana to their children are often left unprotected under state and federal...

Culture

Texas College Fires Baseball Coach Over Pot Discrimination in Recruiting

A Texas baseball coach is looking for a new dugout after discriminating against recruits from Colorado...

Legal

Texas Cops Hit State Capitol in Support of Pot Decrim

Marijuana found an unusual ally in Texas today.