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    From JAB@21:1/5 to All on Thu May 22 22:36:51 2025
    Texas Legislature on verge of completely banning THC products after
    key House vote
    ...
    The impending ban of items containing THC, the more potent
    psychoactive element in marijuana, portends a minor earthquake for the
    state's economy, effectively shuttering a field that, by one estimate,
    accounts for roughly 50,000 jobs and generates $8 billion in tax
    revenue annually.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/texas-house-thc-hemp-senate-bill-3-ban/

    As I understand, ingestible THC can be more potent than smoking
    it...something to do with how the body acts chemically on THC.

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  • From Retrograde@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu May 22 22:17:59 2025
    On Thu, 22 May 2025 22:36:51 -0500
    JAB <[email protected]d> wrote:

    Texas Legislature on verge of completely banning THC products after
    key House vote
    ...
    The impending ban of items containing THC, the more potent
    psychoactive element in marijuana, portends a minor earthquake for the state's economy, effectively shuttering a field that, by one estimate, accounts for roughly 50,000 jobs and generates $8 billion in tax
    revenue annually.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/05/21/texas-house-thc-hemp-senate-bill-3-ban/

    As I understand, ingestible THC can be more potent than smoking it...something to do with how the body acts chemically on THC.

    These kind of stories always baffle me. Legalized THC is relatively new, and Texas did just fine before then. So suddenly a recent market phenomenon comes to the end, and with it, Texas is set to implode.

    Cmon Texas Tribune, get real.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Fri May 23 06:52:09 2025
    On Thu, 22 May 2025 22:17:59 -0600, Retrograde
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    These kind of stories always baffle me.

    One stated reason for doing so---kids having access--may not represent
    the complete story. Hemp industry & others said to tighten access,
    but apparently, they rejected this approach.

    I don't have enough background info to know if this issue is
    political, medical, or economic (lost sales in alcohol, for instance). ========================

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    <<that focuses on promoting the Christian views
    promoting

    How about enacting...???

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Mon Jun 23 05:55:10 2025
    On Thu, 22 May 2025 22:17:59 -0600, Retrograde
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    These kind of stories always baffle me. Legalized THC is relatively new, and Texas did just fine before then. So suddenly a recent market phenomenon comes to the end, and with it, Texas is set to implode.

    Cmon Texas Tribune, get real.

    Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

    The move infuriated Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, the powerful head of the
    Senate, who had called the ban among his top five bills over 17 years
    in the Legislature.

    Gov. Greg Abbott on Sunday vetoed a contentious state ban on THC
    products and shortly after called a special legislative session asking lawmakers to instead strictly regulate the substance.

    The late-night action just minutes before the veto deadline keeps the
    Texas hemp industry alive for now, while spiking a top priority of Lt.
    Gov. Dan Patrick.

    Senate Bill 3 would have banned consumable hemp products that
    contained any THC, including delta-8 and delta-9.

    https://www.texastribune.org/2025/06/22/texas-thc-ban-bill-greg-abbott-veto-senate-bill-3/

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  • From Michael Trew@21:1/5 to JAB on Thu Jun 26 14:03:06 2025
    On 6/23/2025 6:55 AM, JAB wrote:
    On Thu, 22 May 2025 22:17:59 -0600, Retrograde
    <[email protected]d> wrote:

    These kind of stories always baffle me. Legalized THC is relatively new, and Texas did just fine before then. So suddenly a recent market phenomenon comes to the end, and with it, Texas is set to implode.

    Cmon Texas Tribune, get real.

    Gov. Greg Abbott vetoes THC ban, calls for regulation instead

    Good, how stupid to go after potheads, when alcohol destroys plenty more
    lives. You always hear about drunk drivers, but find me any significant
    number of marijuana impaired drivers causing accidents; I'll bet no one can.

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  • From JAB@21:1/5 to [email protected] on Thu Jun 26 19:32:35 2025
    On Thu, 26 Jun 2025 14:03:06 -0400, Michael Trew
    <[email protected]> wrote:

    but find me any significant number of marijuana
    impaired drivers causing accidents; I'll bet no one can.

    September 6, 2023

    Being stoned behind the wheel can be more dangerous than driving drunk
    in Canada, where recreational cannabis was legalized in 2018,
    according to a new study.

    Documented marijuana-related traffic accidents that required treatment
    in an emergency room rose 475% between 2010 and 2021, the study found.
    Car crashes due to drunk driving grew only 9.4% during the same time
    period, although the raw numbers of alcohol-related accidents was in
    the thousands, not the hundreds as with cannabis.

    https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/06/health/marijuana-traffic-accidents-wellness

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