Perry Defends Some States Legalizing Pot, but Says Texas Likely Won't Follow Suit

Published January 24, 2014

Perry defends some states legalizing pot, but says Texas likely won't follow suit
His spokesman, Lucy Nashed, said the governor was promoting Texas drug courts, which offer treatment instead of jail time for non-violent offenders. But she sidestepped questions about whether Perry supported decriminalizing marijuana in … "He's very …
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Drug court admissions on the rise as state looks to expand treatment services
The “flood of admissions,” Venditto said, can be attributed in part to legislation enacted in 2012 that allowed for greater participation in drug court programs, which are available to certain offenders in every county as an alternative to going to prison.
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