Posted on · The Houston Matters panel of non-experts weighs in on stories from the week’s news and decides if they’re good, bad, or ugly.
Posted on · On Friday's show: The Trump administration's last-minute environmental rule changes, the economic benefits of legalizing marijuana, The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly of the week's news, and director Michelle Mower.
Posted on · Texas is preparing for the first-ever legal cannabis harvests since the plant was banned statewide in 1931.
Posted on · New rules prohibiting the retail sale and distribution of "smokable" hemp products are unconstitutional, companies argue in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Travis County.
Posted on · New rules banning the manufacture of hemp products meant to be smoked or vaporized went into effect Sunday.
Posted on · CBD stores have been popping up all over Houston since Texas legalized hemp last year. But there’s still confusion about the difference between hemp and illegal marijuana.
Posted on · Critics are worried that Texans may end up breaking state and federal laws.
Posted on · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.
Posted on · A law legalizing hemp changed the definition of marijuana, causing district attorneys across the state to drop low-level possession cases and stop accepting new ones.
Posted on · On Wednesday's show: How a new hemp law is complicating marijuana cases, our weekly political roundup, the food scene in Katy, and the Broadway production of Aladdin.
Posted on · Prosecutors will only accept criminal charges if the evidence seized has a THC concentration of over 0.3 percent. THC is the psychoactive element in cannabis.
Posted on · Dr. Thomas Northrup of UTHealth explains what the compound found in marijuana is and what we know about its health benefits.
Posted on · On Thursday's Houston Matters: Safety measures at sporting events, the truth about CBD, lessons from the movie Booksmart, and retired Navy Admiral William McRaven.
Posted on · A report by the Baker Institute for Public Policy says taxpayers would benefit.
Posted on · District Attorney Kim Ogg says Harris County is saving money and the pre-charge diversion program improves the work of regional law enforcement.