Makers, Distributors Sue Over Texas’s Ban on Sales of Smokable Hemp
Hemp manufacturers and retailers have filed a lawsuit against the Texas Department of State Health Services and the agency’s commissioner, John Hellerstedt, over the...
Beto O’Rourke ‘Get’s High’ Support To Legalize Marijuana, Recent UH-TSU Survey Shows
Voters are getting high with Beto O’Rourke’s wish to legalize marijuana. In the Lone Star State, ending the prohibition of pot is becoming a...
Marijuana Reform Gains Steam in Texas During Pandemic
Today is 4/20, otherwise known as the unofficial marijuana holiday. In Texas, marijuana is still illegal, but the movement for marijuana reform has been...
The Drought And Volatile Markets Spoiled the Hemp Crops In Texas
In 2019, hemp was unanimously legalized by the Texas legislature. One of the arguments for legalizing hemp was that it was a “hot crop”...
Texas May Have Missed the Hemp Boom. Can the Industry Recover?
There were some very big numbers bandied about when the Texas legislature paved the way for hemp to be grown in the state, with...
Prosecutors in State’s Largest County Now Know if it’s Hemp or Marijuana
Is it marijuana or hemp? Do we prosecute or drop charges? Those are questions prosecutors around Texas have been wrestling with since the legislature...
Houston Company One of First in State to Manufacture Hemp Products
In many ways, the hemp industry in Texas still has a “wild west” feel, as many of the cannabidiol, or CBD, products are sold...
Anti-Pot Laws Are Driving Texans Out Of State
Texans are being driven out of the state just so they can obtain weed legally. They are either waiting in long lines in New...
Smoking Hemp Will Remain Illegal In Texas
After long indecision, Texas Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey S. Boyd wrote in his opinion that smoking hemp is still illegal in Texas, considering the...
