Texas Bill Would Ban “Consumables” Containing THC

March 5, 2025 Politics, Republicans

The Texas Tribune reports:

Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market, one chamber of the Legislature is pushing to shut down the industry by barring products that contain THC. Yet even with the backing of Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful Texas Senate leader, the proposal to ban THC faces uncertain prospects in the House, where the hemp industry is bullish about getting lawmakers to tighten regulations rather than quashing most of their products altogether.

Thousands of cannabis dispensaries have popped up across Texas since 2019, when the GOP-controlled Legislature authorized the sale of consumable hemp. Gummies and beverages to vapes and flower buds, that can now be bought at more than 8,300 locations around the state, from dispensaries to convenience stores. The products are not allowed to contain more than a 0.3% concentration of THC; anything higher is classified as marijuana, which remains illegal in Texas aside from limited medical use.

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Sen. Charles Perry [photo], who authored the “accidental” legalization of hemp in 2019, is behind the current bill.

Perry first appeared here in 2015 when he sought to place a ban on same-sex marriage in the Texas state constitution.

In 2019, he authored an ultimately failed bill that would have allowed doctors and other health providers to refuse to treat LGBTQ patients on the grounds of “religious beliefs.”

Perry last appeared here in 2021 when the state Senate approved his bill banning transgender students from participating in school sports.



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