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Texas: Pot legalization up for debate in House committee

Submitted by Marijuana News on Thu, 04/09/2015 - 08:00

Marijuana advocates head back to the Capitol Wednesday as a House committee prepares to discuss the first round of pot legislation.

Lawmakers will hear testimony on three different proposals seeking to reduce the penalties for possessing small amounts of marijuana and a blunter approach to legalize it outright.

Though the issue has garnered some bipartisan support, the efforts are likely to go up in smoke due to pushback from conservative lawmakers and leadership.

The proposal most supported by pot backers would make possession of one ounce or less a citable offense rather than a criminal one.

Rep. Joe Moody, D-El Paso, the bill’s author and vice chairman of the House panel hearing the proposals, said decriminalization is a smart approach.

“All around we could have a better system that uses our resources a lot wiser,” Moody said. “We won’t be housing inmates for these low level offenses. We’ll just...

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