Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the City of Dallas and local officials, targeting a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana-related

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued the city of Dallas over a ballot measure that decriminalizes possession of small amounts of marijuana, arguing it violates state law.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the City of Dallas weeks after the 'Dallas Freedom Act' to decriminalize cannabis was approved by voters.

Dallas is the sixth Texas city the attorney general has sued this year over marijuana decriminalization measures that he says conflicts with state law.

Dallas passed the charter amendment known as Proposition R, which decriminalizes possession of less than four ounces of marijuana. It also prevents police from using the odor of m

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It was only a matter of time before the Texas AG added Big D to his long list of lawsuits for decriminalizing small amounts of weed.

Ken Paxton's legal action follows similar suits against other cities like Austin and Denton, which have passed similar voter-supported mandates.

The state’s petition contends the measure conflicts with Section 481.121 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which criminalizes marijuana possession in any amount, and Section 370.003 of the Texas Local Government Code, which expressly forbids municipalities from adopting policies that don’t fully enforce drug laws.

Texas attorney general Ken Paxton sued the city of Dallas on Thursday in an attempt to prevent the city from decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana after voters approved a ballot measure to do so.