On Friday, The Texas Tribune featured a report on growing support for marijuana decriminalization measures in Texas. Under current Texas law, possession of any amount of marijuana is illegal. But, according to the Tribune, the Texas Department of Public Safety claims that, over the past five years, a whopping 379,000 Texans have been arrested for possessing two ounces or less of marijuana.
The Tribune specified the nature of some of the specific legislative proposals that are being debated in the current session of the Texas Legislature:
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