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  Cite-and-Release Started Last Year but Imposed Bonds Haven't Changed

  September 21 at 4:30 a.m.

  Last year, Dallas County District Attorney Faith Johnson promised that anyone caught with less than 4 ounces of marijuana would no longer be arrested on the spot, spend a night in jail and a pay an expensive bond to get out. But so far, not much has changed. In 2017,...

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  Conservative Willie Nelson Fans Are Apparently Unfamiliar With Willie Nelson

  September 14 at 4 a.m.

  Willie Nelson is going to headline a free concert for U.S. Senate candidate Beto O'Rourke at Auditorium Shores in Austin on Sept. 29. It's an interesting headline — one that shouldn't come as a shock to anyone, given Nelson's history of support for marijuana legalization and his work for Farm...

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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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  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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  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...