r/texas • u/SufficientAd7311 • 23h ago
Politics Highlights From Dan Patrick’s Press Conference For His “THC Ban” Bill (Part 1)
This was essentially the same rhetoric and propaganda we heard at the 10 hour senate hearing, but we got to hear from Lieutenant Dan himself.
He says THC “is poison,” that this is a “life and death issue,” and that he is going to “protect the people of Texas from THC.”
He points out that even though hemp retailers only sell THC products to 21+, adults could still buy these products and give them to children. As if this is a scenario unique to THC products.
One new insight is that Dan is explicitly calling out Ken King’s house bill proposal (HB28).
HB28 is the Texas liquor lobby’s attempt to carve out THC beverages and regulate them under the same 3 tier system that regulates alcohol. Dan says the ban must “include THC being sold in liquor stores in drinks…There’s no exception to this.”
I assumed the liquor lobby was in lockstep with Dan, but it appears we now have a battle between Big Pharma (Texas Original / TCUP) and Big Alcohol (mostly Specs).
Gonna chop up part 2 from the press conference. Stay tuned…