AUSTIN (AP) — Texas Republican leaders on Thursday urged state district and county attorneys to continue enforcing marijuana laws, a move that follows several local prosecutors’ decision to drop pot possession cases amid confusion surrounding a new law legalizing hemp.
The letter sent by Gov. Greg Abbott together with Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, House Speaker Dennis Bonnen and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton pushes back against prosecutors in Texas’ biggest, liberal cities several weeks after they announced they would no longer accept misdemeanor marijuana cases due to the law’s problems.
The Texas leaders told prosecutors those who stopped taking marijuana possession cases misunderstood the new legislation.
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