Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his lawsuit Thursday against the city of Dallas over a new marijuana ballot measure, arguing it violates state law.

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In his lawsuit against the city, Paxton claims that Prop R, which decriminalizes the possession of less than four ounces of marijuana, is illegal.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton sues Dallas over ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced his lawsuit Thursday against the city of Dallas over a new marijuana ballot measure, arguing it violates state law. The measure prevents law enforcement from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure. Paxton argued the charter…

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit against the City of Dallas on Thursday, challenging a ballot measure that prohibits local police from enforcing marijuana-related offenses in violation of state law.
Proposition R, approved by 66.82 percent of Dallas voters in the Nov. 5 special election, amends the city charter. The measure essentially decriminalizes marijuana, making it the lowest enforcement priority for the Dallas Police Depa…

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Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Dallas over a voter-approved measure that would decriminalize carrying a small amount of marijuana.

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AG Ken Paxton sues Dallas over voter-passed marijuana decriminalization measure

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Dallas over a proposition that would decriminalize small amounts of marijuana.

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Texas Attorney General sues City of Dallas over ballot measure decriminalizing marijuana

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Thursday targeting the blue city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana. Paxton alleges that Proposition R, which “prohibits the Dallas Police Department from making arrests or issuing citations for marijuana possession or considering the odor of marijuana as probable cause for search or seizure,” violates state law. The attorney general argues in the lawsuit that the b…

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Texas AG sues Dallas for decriminalizing marijuana

Dallas is the sixth Texas city the attorney general has sued this year over marijuana decriminalization measures that he says conflicts with state law.

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Ken Paxton adds Dallas to list of cities he's sued over marijuana dec…

Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. Paxton's lawsuit says that municipalities cannot refuse to enforce Texas drug laws.

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Ken Paxton sues Dallas over voter-approved amendment to decriminalize marijuana

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‘We need to be careful about mass marijuana commercialization’: Dr. Kevin Sabet Smart Approaches to Marijuana CEO Dr. Kevin Sabet responds to comments from Kamala Harris on marijuana and addresses various concerns with the drug     Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a lawsuit Thursday targeting the blue city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana. 
Paxton alleges that Proposition R, which “prohibits…

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Texas' Republican Attorney General Ken Paxton is taking legal action after the people of Dallas on Election Day voted to decriminalize marijuana.

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