Some interesting holiday weekend reads on modern marijuana reform realities

As we head into a long weekend, I have noticed a few interesting reads about modern marijuana reform realities:

• From The Atlantic by Ronald Brownstein here, “Will Texas Follow Houston’s Lead on Drug-Policy Reform?: District Attorney Kim Ogg is rapidly implementing progressive policies in Harris County—and she intends to be a model for the rest of her state.”

• From Forbes by Julie Weed here, “Advice To New Jersey, The Garden State, As It Expands Its Cannabis Market”

• From Slate by Alex Halperin here, “Why the Marijuana Industry Wants Friends Like John Boehner: And why the low-regulation future some growers crave is the wrong one.”

• From the Washington Post by Judith Grisel here, “Pot Holes: Legalizing marijuana is fine. But don’t ignore the science on its dangers.”