Dallas residents vote to decriminalize marijuana
Once votes are verified, the City of Dallas will be the largest in the state to decriminalize marijuana.
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Once votes are verified, the City of Dallas will be the largest in the state to decriminalize marijuana.
Decriminalizing marijuana is on the ballot for Dallas voters in the 2024 election.
"It's being sold right in front of our eyes," said police chief Steve Dye.
Maps show where weed and marijuana products are legal for recreational and medical use in the United States.
The proposal would recognize the medical uses of cannabis and acknowledge it has less potential for abuse than some other drugs.
"We're committed to clear our streets of harmful influences," District Attorney Greg Willis said.
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The ballot measure is called the Dallas Freedom Act. It would give voters in Dallas the option to vote down lower tier marijuana charges.
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"We have not seen as much marijuana lately compared to the harder narcotics but it underscores the ever changing nature of the drug threat our officers face on a daily basis."
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Over 30 people spoke before the council both in favor or and against the issue at hand.
For the first time ever, Texas lawmakers are holding serious conversations on how they could legalize marijuana for adult recreational use.
Forney ISD notified a mother that her 5th grader at Rhodes Intermediate School may have ingested an edible given to him by another student. He thought it was candy.
Forney ISD notified a mother that her 5th grader at Rhodes Intermediate School may have ingested an edible given to him by another student. He thought it was candy.
Individually packaged marijuana and THC with price tags were packed in a box deputies found.
Euless police are warning parents about the dangers of THC-infused edibles for kids
Councilmember Chris Nettles called for less harsh penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana.
The proposal, had it passed, would have allowed anyone over the age of 21 to purchase and possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana.
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A man was killed in Parker County after a large concrete cattle feed trough fell from a flatbed trailer and crushed him during an unloading operation, authorities said.
A woman died after being rescued from a Fort Worth house fire on that also killed three dogs, as investigators work to determine what sparked the blaze.
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