Radley Balko column for The Washington Post: “Incredibly, a spokesperson for the Harris County Sheriff’s Department told a local TV station that ‘the deputies did everything as they should.’ And so there you have it. Holding a woman down and forcibly penetrating her vagina to search for pot is official policy in Harris County.”
An initial toxicology report for Sandra Bland, who died in a Texas jail cell three days after her arrest during a traffic stop, raises the possibility that she may have used marijuana while in custody, two experts said.
The Texas House is sending a limited medical marijuana bill that would give epilepsy patients access to cannabidiol oil (CBD) to Gov. Greg Abbott’s desk. Here’s a closer look at what the measure entails.
Greg Ploetz, for several years confused and weakened by mixed dementia and frontal lobe damage, fell often. Three weeks ago, when it happened again, his former Texas Longhorns football teammate, former fullback Bobby Callison, was visiting Ploetz in Little Rock, Ark.
It’s been a mammoth month for Texas marijuana. “In a business where it’s slow to do anything,” one state legislator told us, “we’ve gone light years in the last few months.” But will any of the Lone Star State’s cannabis legislation pan out in 2015? Cannabist columnist Neal Pollack reports from Austin.
Legalization activists in Texas are running a pro-marijuana commercial on TV this week, and it stars a former narcotics detective who supports legal pot.
At the end of a historic week for weed in Texas, state Rep. Stephanie Klick admitted Friday that she weighed the political risk of being a Republican and carrying a bill to allow a marijuana component for medicinal purposes.
You can sense the excitement over the possibility of legal Texas marijuana all over the Lone Star State. But when will Texas legalize pot? Take our poll.
The Texas Senate has approved a limited medical marijuana bill, authorizing the sale to eligible patients of cannabidiol oil (CBD). The marijuana extract is used to help control seizures associated with intractable epilepsy, which advocates say affects about 150,000 Texans.
Texas marijuana legalization: A tea party-backed Texas state lawmaker has filed a bill to fully legalize pot for medical reasons, to produce fiber “or simply for beauty and enjoyment.”
A Texas man was arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trying to send himself an estimated $63,000 in marijuana and marijuana products, some of which was legally purchased, from Pueblo back home.
Acclaimed author and Austin resident Neal Pollack traverses 800-plus miles to the nearest pot-peddling town in Colorado to find the meaning of life and legalization as America heads into 2015.
A driver reported by other travelers for creeping along at about 5 mph on a West Texas interstate faces up to 20 years in prison for trying to smuggle marijuana.
This Q&A handles readers’ questions about cannabis matters. Topics include mailing weed seeds to Texas; Red Rocks’ rules; and caring for a friend’s plants.
Two acres of painstakingly cultivated marijuana thrived 25 miles from the U.S.-Mexico border, but on the Texas side. Tons of marijuana cross the border daily from Mexico and large-scale grow operations are routinely found in the interior U.S. — authorities dismantled a massive one in the woods about 70 miles northeast of Houston last month that yielded 100,000 plants. But such a large crop so close to the border is unheard of, authorities said.
A 19-year-old Texas man who could face years in prison for making brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil said Wednesday he remains scared despite new evidence that his attorney believes should reduce the charges.
A warrant has been issued for rapper Wiz Khalifa’s arrest after he skipped a court date on a marijuana possession charge in West Texas.
Authorities in East Texas said Tuesday that they have cleared more than two dozen marijuana fields that were discovered over the weekend in the woods and which contained about 100,000 plants worth an estimated $175 million.
Diagnosed with “mixed dementia” and frontal brain lobe damage, former University of Texas Longhorns defensive tackle Greg Ploetz had been deteriorating since 2005.
Authorities say rapper Wiz Khalifa was arrested Sunday in West Texas on a charge of marijuana possession. The performer from Cannonsburg, Pennsylvania, was stopped at an inspection checkpoint at the El Paso airport.
A Texas teenager accused of making and selling brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil is facing a punishment that could include anywhere from five years to life in prison.
Cleveland Browns player Gregory Robinson was arrested after US Border Patrol agents found 157 pounds of marijuana in a car, officials said.
Two men have been arrested in connection with an illegal marijuana grow operation near a high school in Cripple Creek, according to the Teller County Sheriff’s Office.
A growing list of Democratic presidential contenders want the U.S. government to legalize marijuana, reflecting a nationwide shift as more Americans look favorably on cannabis.
The city of Denver should revoke Sweet Leaf’s 26 retail, cultivation and manufacturing licenses, according to recommendations released Monday by Suzanne A.
