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Houston says low-level marijuana is not a police priority, but HPD records reportedly show misdemeanor marijuana arrests jumping from 29 to 405 in the same eight-month period. As voters prepare to decide the Houston Freedom Act on November 3, the city owes the public more than a slogan about priorities.
In Cannabis Lies Vol. 24: The Forfeiture Lie, Pot Culture Magazine examines how asset forfeiture turned homes, farms, and businesses into defendants. Government records and Supreme Court cases reveal how marijuana enforcement gave law-enforcement agencies a financial interest in property taken from the people they targeted.