Denton City Council Votes To Place Marijuana Decriminalization On November Ballot

By Alex Keller, CBS Dallas/Fort Worth

July 20, 2022

The Denton city council voted on Tuesday, July 19 to put an initiative to decriminalize marijuana on the ballot this November.

The move comes after months of campaigning by Ground Game Texas, a progressive voter engagement and mobilization organization, and Decriminalize Denton. In May, the two groups submitted a petition with nearly 3,000 to place the initiative on the ballot to the council.

Decriminalization policies differ city by city, but generally, it means that police department will no longer enforce misdemeanor marijuana offenses. It does not allow or expand the ability of citizens to legally purchase or sell marijuana for any reason, and existing drug laws at the state and federal level can still be enforced by their respective drug enforcement agencies.

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