Texas House aligns with Senate in passing total ban on THC products
The House granted its final approval to the amended version of Senate Bill 3 Thursday evening. It now goes back to the Senate, where Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick has indicated it is sure to pass, then on to Gov. Greg Abbott's desk.
Texas House committee transforms THC ban into hemp regulation bill, setting up confrontation with Senate
Senate Bill 3 would ban the sale of virtually all consumable hemp products. The House Committee on State Affairs unanimously passed a committee substitute "substantially different" from the original bill, following hours of testimony and hundreds of comments opposing the legislation as worded.
Dan Patrick aims to ban THC products as a public health threat. Businesses and clients fear for their survival
Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is looking to make all THC consumables illegal in Texas. That would take a hemp industry that has grown to roughly $8 billion by his own estimate and drive it underground.
Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. The conservative legislature has voted it down year after year. And yet, with its exploding market for largely unregulated consumable hemp, Texas has become the new Republic of THC.
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Despite strict laws, Texas is awash in intoxicating cannabis
Recreational marijuana is still illegal in Texas. The socially conservative legislature has voted it down year after year. And yet, with its exploding market for largely unregulated consumable hemp, Texas has inadvertently become the new Republic of THC.
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