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Mark Stepnoski, former All-Pro offensive lineman for the Dallas Cowboys and Houston Oilers, served as president of the Texas chapter of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (Texas NORML) during the early 2000s. [100] [101] Texas Cannabis Collective, a pro-legalization group, was founded in 2016. [102]
Election data from the Dallas County elections office indicate that roughly 149,500 people voted in favor of decriminalization, while approximately 81,200 voted against it.
According to the petition for the "Dallas Freedom Act," it proposes that police stop writing tickets or arresting for less than four ounces of weed. Dallas voters could decriminalize marijuana in ...
If passed, it would decriminalize the possession of small amounts of marijuana for adults. Nonprofit social justice advocacy group Ground Game Texas started the petition to decriminalize weed ...
1973: Texas law is amended to declare possession of four ounces or less a misdemeanor. [18] [20] 1973: Oregon becomes the first state to decriminalize cannabis – reducing the penalty for up to one ounce to a $100 fine. [21] 1975: Alaska, Maine, Colorado, California, and Ohio decriminalize cannabis. [21]
Timeline of Gallup polls in US on legalizing marijuana. [1]In the United States, cannabis is legal in 39 of 50 states for medical use and 24 states for recreational use. At the federal level, cannabis is classified as a Schedule I drug under the Controlled Substances Act, determined to have a high potential for abuse and no accepted medical use, prohibiting its use for any purpose. [2]
In 2023, the Republican-led Texas House passed Moody's latest attempt to decriminalize marijuana possession by an 87-59 vote, but the Senate did not take up the proposal.
Other arguments point out that the funds saved from cannabis decriminalization could be used to enforce laws for other, more serious and violent crimes. [107] [112] In 1988, Michael Aldrich and Tod Mikuriya published "Savings in California Marijuana Law Enforcement Costs Attributable to the Moscone Act of 1976" in the Journal of Psychoactive Drugs.