It's a statewide change, UTDToker. But I'm not sure this is all that significant, really. Or, if it is, it's a very small step.

The new legislation allows police officers more discretion in how they respond to small amounts of cannabis, but the criminal penalties remain the same, whether someone gets a ticket or gets arrested and taken to jail. Plenty of the big police and sheriff's departments in this DFW area have made an issue of assuring the public that they'll still make cannabis arrests instead of simply writing tickets as they have the discretion to do.

If and when we can get the actual penalities changed, in other words making sure cannabis is decriminalized, that's when we'll have some real progress in Texas.
birdgirl73 Reviewed by birdgirl73 on . polices' discretion to let off people w/mj texas ain't so bad YA"LL a step in the right direction,,,,yeah????? but then again,,,is it just a front,,,,prolly not! 05:35 PM CDT on Friday, August 24, 2007 By ELISE HU KVUE News Rating: 5