Texans' Attitudes Shifting Along With US on Legalizing Pot
Texans' attitudes shifting along with US on legalizing pot
About 73,611 adults in Texas were arrested last year for marijuana possession, according to Department of Public Safety data, accounting for 59 percent of all drug possession arrests in the state. Goldstein said the state spends more than $ 50,000 …
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Marijuana Legalization Town Hall
That's why our sister station News 4 San Antonio is hosting a town hall to bring you all sides of this issue: everything from the medical and mental issues related to the drug, to the treatment and prevention. … Rob was the primary supporter of the …
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Rob Douglas: Abolish mandatory drug sentences
The politics behind the law, and the resultant mandatory minimum sentences still impacting nonviolent drug offenders today, were founded on the belief that judges were “soft on crime” and convicts were not receiving stiff enough prison sentences …
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Chapo's arrest to have little effect in South Texas, local police say
A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, that Guzman, the head of Mexicoís Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on …
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