IS The Medical Marijuana Defense Coming To Texas?
As a criminal defense attorney I wonder if Texas is ready to become the next state to allow marijuana possession legal for medical purposes? It might be if HB 164 becomes law. The bill would make Texas the fourteenth state to make possession of marijuana for medical purposes legal.
Frankly, I am not sure if the legislature is ready to go that far at this time. Recently, they made it optional for a police officer to arrest someone for a misdemeanor amount of marijuana. I have mentioned before that despite this law the Harris County District Attorney's office refuses to accept charges if the arresting officer chooses to give a person a citation to appear in court. In fact, the previous administration lobbied against the bill. I am curious to see if the new administration starts accepting citations for low level amounts of marijuana possesion and forms an opinion regarding the medical marijuana defense.
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