Medical Cannabis, Shark Fin Bust: The top 10 headlines in San Antonio this week

Texas' expanded medical cannabis program clearly has the interest of a lot of readers.

click to enlarge Workers at approved cannabis supplier Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation examine harvested buds. - Courtesy Photo / Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation
Courtesy Photo / Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation
Workers at approved cannabis supplier Texas Original Compassionate Cultivation examine harvested buds.
Seems appropriate that for the week containing April 20 — otherwise known as the stoner's holiday of 4/20 — the San Antonio Current's most-read story would involve the devil's lettuce.

Turns out a whole bunch of you clicked on a story from our 4/20 print issue laying out the steps Texans must take to participate in the state's expanded medical pot program. Since the Texas Legislature broadened the program to include all cancer patients and people with PTSD, enrollment has more than quadrupled.

But readers weren't just interested in weed. Plenty also gravitated to stories about Texas Game Wardens uncovering a stash of shark fins at a local restaurant, U.S. Rep. Chip Roy's troubling text messages and billionaire Elon Musk's interest in tunneling under San Antonio.

10. San Antonio Symphony cuts ties with Music Director Emeritus Sebastian Lang-Lessing

9. San Antonio’s Sound Cream Airstream to throw free Bidi Bidi bash in honor of Selena’s birthday

8. High-Dollar Ride: San Antonio has reason to be skeptical about Elon Musk's proposed hyperloop

7. Texts: U.S. Rep. Chip Roy pushed Trump White House to overturn election, then backpedaled

6. Faculty member leaving Southwest School of Art posts pic of shirt with school's logo in place of cat's ass

5. San Antonio-based tech company says it can speed up homeowners' ability to protest property taxes

4. San Antonio police investigating alleged child sex crime at local charter school

3. Schlitterbahn Resort and waterpark opens Friday for 2022 season, debuts $4.5 million in upgrades

2. Game wardens find 381 shark fins at San Antonio restaurant, start criminal investigation

1. Potential patients can follow this five-step process to obtain medical cannabis in Texas

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