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Tag: hemp

Texas

As Texas Hemp Farmers Prepare For Their First-Ever Harvest, Cannabis Regulation Remains Complicated

Dominic Anthony Walsh, TPR

Posted on August 13, 2020 · Texas is preparing for the first-ever legal cannabis harvests since the plant was banned statewide in 1931.

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Texas

Texas Is Sued For Banning The Sale Of ‘Smokable’ Hemp Products

Jerry Quijano, KUT

Posted on August 9, 2020 · New rules prohibiting the retail sale and distribution of "smokable" hemp products are unconstitutional, companies argue in a lawsuit filed Wednesday in Travis County.

Tags CBD hemp marijuana pot THC

Health & Science

Texas Opens Hemp Program Applications, While Making It Tougher To Sell ‘Smokable’ Products

Jerry Quijano, KUT

Posted on August 5, 2020 · New rules banning the manufacture of hemp products meant to be smoked or vaporized went into effect Sunday.

Tags CBD hemp marijuana pot THC

inDepth

CBD Boom Hits Houston As Authorities Grapple With New Hemp Law Enforcement

Florian Martin

Posted on January 23, 2020 · CBD stores have been popping up all over Houston since Texas legalized hemp last year. But there’s still confusion about the difference between hemp and illegal marijuana.

Tags CBD hemp law enforcement marijuana

Top Stories

Natural Gas Flaring Underestimated In Texas, Abbott Tells DAs Not To Decriminalize Marijuana, And US Expands ‘Remain In Mexico’ To Dangerous Part Of Border

HPM Digital Team

Posted on July 19, 2019 · These are some of the stories Houston Public Media is covering.

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Houston Matters

Full Show: New Hemp Law, The Food Scene In Katy, And Broadway’s Aladdin (July 3, 2019)

Michael Hagerty

Posted on July 3, 2019 · On Wednesday's show: How a new hemp law is complicating marijuana cases, our weekly political roundup, the food scene in Katy, and the Broadway production of Aladdin.

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News

Harris County Will Stop Prosecuting Some Marijuana Possession Cases

HPM Digital Team

Posted on July 2, 2019 · Prosecutors will only accept criminal charges if the evidence seized has a THC concentration of over 0.3 percent. THC is the psychoactive element in cannabis.

Tags cannabis greg abbott harris county hemp Kim Ogg marijuana tetrahydrocannabinol texas THC

Party Politics

Joe Biden Announces Presidential Run

HPM Digital Team

Posted on April 26, 2019 · Air Force veteran MJ Hegar launches challenge to unseat Senator John Cornyn.

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Texas

Texas House Votes To Legalize The Farming Of Industrial Hemp

Alex Samuels, The Texas Tribune

Posted on April 25, 2019 · Hemp is a cousin of the marijuana plant, but it contains low levels of the psychoactive element in marijuana known as THC. The House's bill will now go to the Senate.

Tags 2019 Texas Legislature 86th Texas Legislature hemp

inDepth

Hemp Farms In Texas? Ag Commissioner Sid Miller Among Backers For Legalization

Rebekah Morr, KERA

Posted on March 6, 2019 · State Senate Bill 116 would allow Texans to grow hemp — an offshoot of marijuana without the high.

Tags 2019 Texas Legislature 86th Texas Legislature cannabis hemp

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