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Texas’ odds for marijuana law reform? Depends on who you ask. – Cannabis Business Executive

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A report from the news site Marijuana Moment shows that top state lawmakers do not expect “sweeping reform” on legalizing recreational use because of skepticism in the Texas Senate. Filed Under: Texas Tagged With: House Speaker Dade Phelan , Legal Marijuana , Lt. Read more at Denton Record-Chronicle ].

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Op-Ed: Gov. Kristi Noem: ‘Legalizing industrial hemp legalizes marijuana by default’

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Yet with Texas’s new industrial hemp law now on the books, prosecutors have dropped hundreds of marijuana cases and have stopped accepting new cases until much more detailed testing is done. In Ohio, a law enforcement official said this to WBNS, a local news station: “We have to be able to distinguish between hemp and marijuana.

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Virginia joins 15 other states in legalizing marijuana – Cannabis Business Executive

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The Virginia Legislature approved adult-use marijuana legalization Saturday in a historic vote marking the first state in the Old South to embrace full legalization. Only two other states — Illinois and Vermont — have passed legislation to legalize, tax and regulate recreational marijuana through the legislature. View original article.