Texas Gov. Greg Abbott ended his first legislative session this week by saying recreational or medicinal marijuana won't become legal while he's in office.
In news out of Longview, Texas, on Monday, State Rep. David Simpson filed House Bill 2165, in favor of removing the prohibition on marijuana in the state of Texas. Rep. Simpson says marijuana should be regulated like tomatoes, jalapenos and coffee.
A Texas rancher got the surprise of his life when he discovered $2 million in marijuana plants growing on property he recently leased from the Army Corp of Engineers.
The quasi-legalization of marijuana has produced quite an unintended side effect: Now one percent of all electricity used in the United States is spent on growing cannabis indoors.
Analysis from Evan Mills at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory also found that in California, where marijuana can be grown legally for medicinal purposes, the state's 400,000 authorized growers consume an amazing