If you have been following marijuana legalization and policy throughout the United States for any serious amount of time, then you are probably familiar with some states being very stubborn - particularly, the southern states and most conservative ones. Texas has been notoriously against the use of marijuana for quite some time.
Even medical marijuana patients are limited to marijuana strains and products with a THC cap at 1%, which is absolutely abysmal. How on earth are medical marijuana patients actually going to use cannabis to treat their medical conditions if they can’t even use THC? However, for residents that live in states with very restrictive medical marijuana programs, a new type of THC began to show promising signs for treating serious conditions and also existed as a loophole in the ban on THC products.
Delta-8 THC, which I have talked about many times in my previous posts, is technically legal under the federal government law, since it is considered to be derived from hemp. Consequently, Delta-8 gained serious popularity in places where standard THC products were banned, and it can come in the form of vapes, gummies, and whole flowers.
Yesterday I actually went out and bought a disposable vape cartridge with Delta-8 and Delta-19 THC, since normal THC where I live in Indiana is not legal. Anyways, Delta-8 gained enough popularity to the point that Texas lawmakers caught wind of it. Now, they are proposing to put the same ban on Delta-8 THC that they have on other THC products. For a state that loves to tout their free market and civilian rights, they sure do love to restrict people from using a natural drug like marijuana. It’s hard to believe how many people in Texas are living with serious medical conditions and do not even qualify for using a 1% THC product. In this article, I am going to spend some time talking about my least favorite state and why they are attacking Delta-8 THC products.
It’s really hard to say exactly how much Delta-8 products were being sold in Texas in the last few months. While we know that smoke shops and vape shops were having a hard time keeping this type of THC in stock, we also know that Delta-8 could also be purchased over mail order and shipped with UPS. This means that it is really hard to know how much Delta-8 was shipped into the state without the lawmakers knowing. Like I said before, Delta-8 is technically considered to be derived from hemp, which makes it legal under federal law.
Basically, Texas wants to change the state’s definition of what is considered to be hemp so that they can ban the use of Delta-8 THC as well. Honestly, I really don’t know why Texas is going so hard in the paint to make all forms of THC illegal. Other states have great examples of well established and profitable medical marijuana programs, and people getting high occasionally is not going to crumble society in America as we know it. I guess my main question to Texas lawmakers is - why is this such a big deal to you? Now, I don’t expect any of them to read my articles, but I hope that what I write about at least gives you some insight into what goes on in Texas regarding cannabis policy and legislation.
The worst part about all of this is that there has not been enough time to inform residents in Texas about law changes and Delta-8. This means that a lot of people could get caught with illegal forms of marijuana and not even know it.
