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Dallas halts marijuana decriminalization as legal battles loom over Proposition R with Attorney General Ken Paxton.

Dallas and the Texas Attorney General's office jointly asked a court to issue a temporary injunction blocking a voter-approved measure decriminalizing small amounts of marijuana.

The City of Dallas has agreed to temporarily halt enforcement of Proposition R, the voter-approved measure aimed at decriminalizing low-level marijuana possession.

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