Texas Senate committee unanimously advances THC ban
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Hemp backers are sounding off after a newly filed bill to ban THC in Texas has made its way out of committee and will head to the full Senate for a vote. Though the Legislature has 30 days from when the special session kicked off Monday,
Texas lawmakers are revisiting a bill that aims to regulate hemp-derived consumable products, including THC. Here's what you need to know.
Gummies, vapes, drinks and few regulations. Here's what to know about the ingredients that get you high as Texas lawmakers hold a special legislative session to regulate them.
While state lawmakers continue to discuss a possible ban on THC products, there's another substance that drug recovery centers say they are noticing more teens using that could be harmful if abused. That substance is kratom, which is banned in six states but not in Texas.
Wednesday’s news conference was the latest move in an increasingly aggressive push to head off another wave of opposition to the hemp ban.
Although marijuana poisoning calls jumped in recent years, experts say poison control data needs context about the outcomes of those calls.
The 30-day special session of the Texas Legislature is set to begin Monday, July 21. The agenda includes 18 legislative priorities determined by Gov. Greg Abbott.Several of the priorities listed address the recent devastating floods in Central Texas.
Abbott has tasked lawmakers with redrawing congressional districts mid-decade. The move follows a U.S. Department of Justice letter to state leaders that said three Houston districts and a Fort Worth area district are “unconstitutional ‘coalition districts’” because they’re racially drawn.