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  Texas GOP Signals New Era on Marijuana at State Convention

  June 18 at 4 a.m.

  Texas, seemingly, is headed for marijuana reform sooner than expected. The state's Republican Party passed a platform Saturday afternoon supporting major changes in the way the state treats medical marijuana and those found in possession of less than an ounce of pot, signaling that years of harsh prohibition could be...

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  Here's Why People In Dallas Are Getting Cited-and-Released for Marijuana Possession

  May 22 at 4 a.m.

  In dribs and drabs over the first part of the year, numbers from Dallas' cite-and-release pilot program have come out, painting a portrait of marijuana enforcement in the city. Over the first five months that the program, which allows those busted with pot to receive a citation to come to...

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  Let's Get High: 4 Performers and 20 Questions

  April 20 at 4 a.m.

  Allow us to tell you something: Weed is popular. Stacy, from the movie The Wood, said it best: “Weed is universal. You name me one race that don’t smoke bud." We decided to reach out to a few Dallas burlesque performers for a friendly inquisition about cannabis. In celebration of...

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  Hey, Texas, It's 4/20! Whoopee Effin' Doo

  April 20 at 4 a.m.

  Sorry about that headline. It's 4/20, the unofficial national marijuana holiday when America celebrates the happy wonders of weed. It should be cheerier, right? Weed is potent and plentiful. Yay! But this is Texas, where it's still illegal. Boo! And it will probably remain illegal until the cows come home,...

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  Dallas Cops Are Still Citing-and-Releasing Mostly Black and Brown People for Pot

  April 20 at 4 a.m.

  If you're white in Dallas, you're probably good to go ahead a smoke up Friday, but you might want to watch out if you're a part of the nearly 50 percent of city's population that is made up of people of color. That's the takeaway from the Dallas Police Department's...

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  Toke It Up: 5 Songs By Dallas Musicians About Weed

  April 19 at 4 a.m.

  Weed, the drug that remains in the same class as heroin, LSD and cocaine, has been a staple of the counterculture for decades. With a handful of states legalizing the substance in some way, the taboo behind smoking pot is beginning to dissolve. People have become accustomed to marijuana’s influence on...