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Home 🌿 Medical Cannabis News 🌿 Texas: Has the Legislature's attitude on marijuana shifted? 🌿Texas: Has the Legislature's attitude on marijuana shifted?
When a Texas House committee voted Wednesday night to approve a bill that would legalize buying and selling marijuana in the state, pot advocates were downright giddy on social media, even as some acknowledged the measure had little chance of becoming law.
But the vote underscored possibly shifting attitudes in the Legislature, not long ago staunchly against any marijuana legalization measure.
Supporters of loosening marijuana laws have said there seems to be growing interest among some lawmakers to lessen criminal penalties for the possession of small amounts of pot and to expand the use of the now-illegal plant for medical purposes.
State Rep. David Simpson, a libertarian Republican from Longview and author of the legalization bill, which now goes to the full House for a vote, said he has been told privately by some of his House colleagues that they could back House Bill 2165. But he said he was...
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