Posted on 06/23/2025 5:20:20 AM PDT by DallasBiff
Texas Gov. Greg Abbott vetoed a bill Sunday to ban all THC consumables, allowing the booming market flush with THC-infused vapes, gummies and other products to continue to be sold across the state.
Abbott, a Republican, waited until the final moment to veto the bill in what would have been one of the most restrictive THC bans in the country and a significant blow to the state’s billion-dollar industry.
The law would have made it a misdemeanor to own, manufacture or sell consumable THC, or tetrahydrocannabinol, products and was the latest push by states to regulate THC after a 2018 federal law allowed states to regulate hemp, a similar plant to marijuana that can be synthetically processed to produce THC, the compound giving marijuana its psychoactive properties.
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He could of been forthright and vetoed it in the daylight.
Those places are a blight, all the shops. Never supporting Abbott again after this betrayal.
They are a haven for multiple other crimes.
You know the areas of town. When pawn shops, auto title loans dealers, tattoo parlors, and dollar stores spring up in an area, it's heading for ghetto-hood.
A “billion dollar industry”?
Hmmm.
Only use gummies at night for moderate PTSD. First time in 30 years I can sleep 6-7 hours straight.
>> vetoing at the last minute and late at night rubs me the wrong way
Me too. And I’m not an Abbot hater, but I have seen enough to know that on the rare occasions when he actually leads, it’s from the rear... so it’s kind of in character for Abbot.
Remember we live in a state in which the “conservative” ex-governor Perry has birthed a new career lobbying for state-sanctioned casino gambling... Texa$ is miles and miles of deep-$tate...
It’s disgusting.
Singapore knows how to deal with potheads and all this mess. I what America has turned into and a lot of it is directly from normalizing it.
At first it was ‘medical’, which they were able to trick stupid idiots that were already drugies into going ‘sure that’s it!’
Fools think it helps more than it hurts with whatever ‘ailment’ they got, much like quack radiation cure-alls 100 years ago.
Disgusting humans. Abbott, you’re nobody to me now.
If he was true-T Texas I would have remembered to spel his name correctly, with Two T’s. LOL
Lighten up Francis. It’s a naturally grown plant. Unlike, say, I dunno brewed beer or cooked liquor. And here’s the best part. I don’t even smoke!!!
Does it come in gummy/purified THC form ‘naturally’?
This is no different than using that argument for fent or cocaine. Sure the original stuff is ‘natural’, but ‘natural’ can be worse than anything artificial. It’s a meaningless metric.
I don’t believe anyone that supports weed and says they don’t use it. People lie about it nonstop. How do you think it’s $8b industry just in 1 state for just gummies? Everyone’s F’ing on the shit.
“He could of been…”
He could have been …
Personally I think smoking what’s out there today is FAR more dangerous than 40 years ago and does cause issues. On the other hand microdosing small amounts of legal (no prescription card needed) THC and/or full spectrum gummies have gotten me through 2 unbearably painful medical situations that pain pills and medical doctors (who are an absolute JOKE these days and should be avoided whenever possible/feasible) couldn’t get me through. I educated myself before trying it and did it wisely. Only thing that got me through
Why MAGA supports Trump, not the useless spineless GOP.
I get my CBD lotion via the U.S. mail. It helps me deal with the chemotherapy I am currently undergoing for AML.(day 12 with my new stem cells).
Doctors at the Stanford Bone Marrow Treatment center don’t have a problem with it. The lotion is especially good for headache relief.
Folks are afraid that somewhere people are experiencing relief from cannabis products. They don’t know what they are talking about.
Not enough schizophrenics roaming the streets of your state?
Legalize dope!
No disrespect, but you don’t know what you’re talking about
Congratulations on recovering from your illnesses
Ah. another doper chimes in.
Alcohol is completely natural and fruit falling from trees ferment. Fermentation is completely natural with yeast flying all around us in the air.
Isn’t it a bit early in the day to be posting drunken rants on free republic?
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