Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed a lawsuit against the City of Dallas and local officials, targeting a ballot measure that decriminalizes marijuana-related

Dallas joined a growing list of Texas cities facing lawsuits filed by the attorney general after its residents voted this month to legalize possession of up to 4 ounces of marijuana. Attorney General Ken Paxton filed a lawsuit this week against the city in attempt to prevent enforcement of the Dallas Freedom Act,

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the city of Dallas weeks after the 'Dallas Freedom Act' to decriminalize cannabis was approved by voters.

Dallas passed the charter amendment known as Proposition R, which decriminalizes possession of less than four ounces of marijuana. It also prevents police from using the odor of marijuana to establish probable cause to search people without a warrant.

Dallas is the sixth Texas city the attorney general has sued this year over marijuana decriminalization measures that he says conflicts with state law.

The state’s petition contends the measure conflicts with Section 481.121 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, which criminalizes marijuana possession in any amount, and Section 370.003 of the Texas Local Government Code, which expressly forbids municipalities from adopting policies that don’t fully enforce drug laws.