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Cannabis in Texas is illegal for recreational use. Possession of up to two ounces is a class B misdemeanor, punishable by up to 180 days in prison and a fine of up to $2000. [1] [2] [3] Several of the state's major municipalities have enacted reforms to apply lesser penalties or limit enforcement, however.
In 2006, a study by the University of California, Los Angeles found California has saved $2.50 for every dollar invested into Proposition 36, which decriminalized cannabis and other drug possession charges by allowing outpatient treatment programs instead of incarceration. In the first year, the proposition was enacted (2001), California ...
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]
However, it is not unheard of for Congress to intervene in the drug scheduling process; in February 2000, for instance, the 105th Congress, in its second official session, passed Public Law 106-172, also known as the Hillory J. Farias and Samantha Reed Date-Rape Drug Prohibition Act of 2000, [24] adding GHB to Schedule I. [25] On June 23, 2011 ...
It repealed a policy known as "Smoke a joint, lose your license" under which possession of cannabis or any other illegal drug was punished with a mandatory six month driver's license suspension. [14] Under the policy, approximately 149,000 licenses were suspended for non-driving drug offenses from 2011 to 2016, according to Equal Justice Under ...
Teahan initially faced drug charges, along with unlawful gun and knife possession charges, jail and court records show. Now, those charges are superseded by the murder charge filed Tuesday.
Oregon’s first-in-the-nation experiment with drug decriminalization is coming to an end Sunday, when possessing small amounts of hard drugs will once again become a crime. The Democratic ...
A Texas prosecutor whose office oversaw indictments against more than 20 Austin police officers for tactics used during the 2020 protests that followed George Floyd's killing said Monday he was ...