2022 TEXAS ELECTIONS

Beto O’Rourke’s blunt support of marijuana legalization gives advocates hope for policy change

While the Texas Legislature has been hesitant to embrace policy change, advocates hope the O’Rourke campaign’s attention to marijuana legalization will give the issue a political boost.

By James Pollard, The Texas Tribune
Posted 1/3/22

At a crowded rally in downtown Austin, Beto O’Rourke ticked off his usual laundry list of campaign promises: stabilizing the power grid, rolling back the state’s new permitless carry law …

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