Ground Game Texas

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a new lawsuit against Dallas, this time targeting Proposition R, a voter-approved amendment decriminalizing possession of up to four ounces of marijuana. The lawsuit marks the second time that Paxton has sued the city, intensifying his legal battle...

Voters in Dallas, Lockhart and Bastrop sent clear messages on Tuesday: they want to reform marijuana possession laws at the local level, even as state policies remain restrictive. Residents of these Texas cities passed measures to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana, with Dallas...

The City Council voted 11-4 to place the “Dallas Freedom Act” on the ballot and voters are set to weigh in on marijuana decriminalization this November. This initiative, spearheaded by Ground Game Texas, follows a successful petition that gathered enough valid signatures to qualify for...

A cannabis decriminalization initiative in Lockhart, Texas was headed for the ballot box to be decided upon in the November 2024 elections when an attempt to revise it surfaced at the last minute in a City Council meeting, surprising advocates who were apparently not prepared to walk away...

In a remarkable display of civic engagement, residents of Bastrop, Texas, have successfully placed a cannabis decriminalization measure on the November ballot. This move mirrors a broader trend across the state, where local populations are pushing back against stringent state laws to advocate for...

Lockhart, Texas voters may soon have a say in whether to decriminalize the possession of small amounts of cannabis within the city limits. What Happened: Lockhart City Secretary Julie Bowerman sent a memo on July 23 to the City Council verifying that the Lockhart Freedom Act ballot petition — Mano...

A Texas judge dismissed another of Attorney General Ken Paxton's lawsuits over voter-approved marijuana decriminalization ordinances. It is Paxton’s second legal loss in as many cases. "On Monday, Judge Sherri Tibbe dismissed Ken Paxton's lawsuit seeking to force the City of San Marcos to...

A petition to add a marijuana reform amendment to the Dallas city charter has been certified by the City Secretary, paving the way for voters to make the final decision to decriminalize cannabis in the November 2024 ballot. The petition was initiated by Ground Game Texas, which has organized...

Texas activists submitted nearly 50,000 signatures to place a marijuana decriminalization initiative on the ballot in Dallas this November. Ground Game Texas, which has championed cannabis reform across multiple Texas cities, announced they handed in the signatures to City Hall on Monday. The...

Cannabis activists in Lockhart have collected enough signatures to support the Lockhart Freedom Act that would decriminalize low-level cannabis possession. More than 900 signatures were submitted to City Hall Wednesday with the goal of getting the proposal on the November ballot, reported Fox 7...

In Texas, San Antonio officials certified a measure to decriminalize marijuana possession in the city, according to Marijuana Moment. The initiative, thanks to the activist group Ground Game Texas, collected petitions with over 37,000 signatures to place the measure on a May 6 ballot. The measure...

FDA Advisory Panel To Discuss CBD Use In Food & Dietary Supplements The Science Board of the FDA is scheduled to meet on Tuesday, June 14, to discuss “challenges in evaluating the safety of dietary supplement and food ingredients with predicted pharmacological activity, utilizing...

Missouri Veterans Commission Receives $5M From Medical Cannabis Program, The Missouri Department of Health & Senior Services recently announced that it’s giving some $5 million to the Missouri Veterans Commission (MVC). The move represents the third transfer of funds to the organization,...

By a sweeping margin, voters in Austin approved a proposition to decriminalize small amounts of cannabis and ban the use of no-knock warrants by police. The ballot item, spearheaded by a group known as Ground Game Texas, passed by a whopping margin of roughly 85 percent to 15 percent...