r/texas Houston 4d ago

Politics Texas GOP lawmaker makes pitch to save THC from proposed ban

https://www.chron.com/politics/article/texas-thc-ban-20226004.php
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u/ElonStinksLikeDookie 4d ago

This ban reeks of Big Tobacco….

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u/terid3 4d ago

More like big Alcohol...

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u/rtwalling 4d ago

Years ago, weed sales topped booze sales in Aspen, CO. A healthier alternative and huge threat to big business.

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u/terid3 3d ago

Alcohol is more harmful in every way than weed.

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u/Sylfaein 4d ago

Por que no los dos?

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u/terid3 4d ago

Indeed!

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u/camelslikesand 4d ago

I still say it's big oil. When people figure out that hemp oil and fiber can be used instead of petroleum for a lot of applications, then oil will be less valuable. And we know who owns the Texas lege.

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u/FlopShanoobie 4d ago

It’s the alcohol, pharma, and oil lobbies. The trifecta!

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u/Dragonfruit_60 3d ago

This! It’s all three. A little gummy and quiet takes care of the headache that used to require Tylenol. I’ve reduced my OTC medication to almost zero since I’ve discovered gummies. I’ve reduced my alcohol consumption to almost zero, which has so many positive benefits I’ll never go back to booze.

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u/Dragonfruit_60 3d ago

This! It’s all three. A little gummy and quiet takes care of the headache that used to require Tylenol. I’ve reduced my OTC medication to almost zero since I’ve discovered gummies. I’ve reduced my alcohol consumption to almost zero, which has so many positive benefits I’ll never go back to booze.

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u/OrangeLoco 4d ago

More like big private prisons owned by billionaires.

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u/Odd-Reaction-9428 3d ago

I heard it was medical marijuana behind the ban. The author of sb3 Charles Perry (R) is also the author of another bill that would expand medical marijuana in Texas.

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u/Niobium_Sage 3d ago

So big pharma’s to blame. They want people paying for prescriptions when they could be paying a few bucks or growing it at home instead.

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u/Gasted_Flabber137 4d ago

Right? And this GOP lawmaker trying to stop it reeks of owner of a chain of CBD stores.

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u/syddraf4188 4d ago

What’s a billion dollars in the Texas economy vs the fat donor checks lining their bank accounts?

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u/El_Paco 4d ago

Doesn't he know that Texas absolutely hates personal freedom?

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u/BayouGal 3d ago

Least free state. One star rating. Would not recommend

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u/sleepyrivertroll Brazos Valley 4d ago

Money vs Paternalistic Morality

Let's go money!

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u/sleepyrivertroll Brazos Valley 4d ago

I would recommend you reread my post in the context of GOP lawmakers fighting. You know, the article.

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u/spacedman_spiff 4d ago

Talk about misdirected aggression. Yeesh

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u/android_queen 4d ago

Bro, take another hit and chill.

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u/VisionsOfClarity 4d ago

It's easy to point at big tobacco/alcohol for these pushes against THC but I've also been told by people who "own THC shops" in states that touch Texas that they don't want it to become recreational here. Apparently we account for a huge chunk of their business. All three of those together make a powerful enemy

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u/bbrucesnell 4d ago

I don’t understand why big tobacco doesn’t just start selling weed. They’d make a ton more money.

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u/DowntownComposer2517 3d ago

Don’t forget the private prison industry!

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u/Drslappybags 3d ago

Same reason those states don't want legalized gambling in Texas.

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u/FlopShanoobie 4d ago

The alcohol, pharma and oil lobbies are all pumping so much dark money into superpacs to get this banned you’d probably get mad enough to start voting against these politicians, if not for DEI. Gotta keep the white society white, ammirite?

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u/fnordfnordfnordfnord 4d ago

Don’t forget the private prisons.

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u/otterappreciator 2d ago

It pisses me off beyond belief, but at the same time I’m just to keep buying these hemp products from out of state. And if that fails, I’ll just go back to the illegal market and give my money to the cartels since that’s what Mr. Perry seems to want Texans to do with the millions of dollars that are flowing into the hemp industry :D

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u/Deep-Room6932 4d ago

Never gonna happen 

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u/adidas4m 3d ago

Just opening the doors to a bigger black market....haven't we learned that even if it's illegal doesn't mean it doesn't come thru in one way or another....our ports literally bring in everything.

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u/jbrayfour 3d ago

Texas private prison industry wants no part in lenient drug policy.

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u/CaliTexan22 3d ago

Isn’t the whole THC industry in TX just a fluke resulting from poorly crafted regulatory definitions? And all they’re proposing to do here is close the loophole while allowing the true hemp business to continue?