Texas Lt. Gov. Touts Poll Result Backing Hemp Crackdown While Ignoring Support For Marijuana Legalization In Same Survey
Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick (R) this week emphasised a survey consequence exhibiting that greater than half (55 %) of Texans need the state to rein its largely unregulated marketplace for hemp-derived THC. At the identical time, nevertheless, he appeared to disregard the survey’s different findings: that even more Texans want the state to legalize […]
Border Patrol Intercepts Nearly $10M at U.S.-Mexico Border in Texas
A massive bust at the U.S.-Mexico border in Laredo, Texas, was announced last Friday, and law enforcement agents presented the seizure with stacked bales of cannabis in a wall-like structure that was posted on X, formerly known as Twitter. In a single swoop, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP), Office of Field Operations (OFO) officers […]
Son of Infamous Jimmy Chagra Arrested in Texas on Drug Charges
Infamous (and now deceased) El Paso drug trafficker Jimmy Chagra’s son, 44-year-old Jamiel Alexander Chagra Nichols, was arrested for allegedly selling cocaine, fentanyl, and LSD. Some of his clients included Fort Bliss soldiers, Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) officials said. The El Paso Times reports that the special agents arrested Nichols on Friday, August […]
Texas Cannabis Companies’ Economic Impact Predicted To Surpass Wine
Cannabis businesses in Texas may soon make more money than the wine industry, the Austin Business Journal reports. Cannabis companies brought in over $8 billion in revenue in 2022, according to a new report from Whitney Economics, an Oregon-based cannabis and hemp analytics firm. Even though plenty of people enjoy both wine and weed (sometimes […]
Denton, Texas Officials Reject Cannabis Decriminalization, Ignoring Will of Voters
In November, a huge majority of voters in Denton, Texas approved a measure decriminalizing low-level marijuana offenses. On Tuesday, leaders in the city defied those results. By a margin of 4-3, the Denton city council voted “against adopting the ordinance that would have decriminalized marijuana,” CBS News Texas reported. According to the station, more than […]