Denton voters will decide if they want to decriminalize marijuana when they head to the polls in November.
PUBLISHED 4:26 PM CDT Jul. 20, 2022DENTON, Texas — Denton city leaders say they’ll put the enforcement cannabis ordinance in the hands of voters in the November election.
“That’s what the people in this city want, that’s what the people in this state want, that’s what the people in this country want. It’s bipartisan, and it saves money and it protects our most vulnerable people,” Brasher told city leaders. , a group who has been advocating for an ordinance that would put a stop to enforcing low-level cannabis crimes in the city. It’s also very personal for Brasher. He’s a convicted felon for selling cannabis in the Denton community.
“These people are otherwise perfect citizens in most cases, so why waste the time and the money to send them to jail and traumatize them?” Brasher said. Austin is another city in the Lone Star State that’s recently passed an ordinance that does away with low-level cannabis crimes.
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