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Our Board President, Cynthia Cabrera, lays out how Texas’ proposed hemp THC ban (SB 3 → SB 5) is a betrayal of adult consumers, veterans, farmers, and small businesses. ⚠️https://t.co/3NHsTCWnFb via @LSStandard
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📰 Excerpts from the article:
“The 2018 Farm Bill signed by President Donald Trump legalized hemp products,” she says. “Texas legalized and regulated consumable hemp products in 2019.” But despite this, she hears legislators and law enforcement officials claim the industry is unregulated. “It’s not true. And you like to think that people that are making decisions would know something as basic as whether a product is regulated or not.”
That misinformation is harmful to real people. The Texas Hemp Business Council delivered 8,000 handwritten letters to the governor’s office in opposition to SB 3. “I read thousands of those letters from people in their 60s, 70s, 50s… women who had suffered rape, domestic violence, people who had been in car accidents… and they had finally found a legal product they could use. And all of a sudden, that’s being threatened to be taken away from them.”
SB 3 and now SB 5 propose stricter penalties for hemp than for marijuana, which is still federally illegal. “SB 3 carried stiffer penalties and fines than it did for marijuana,” Cabrera says. She believes Lt. Governor Dan Patrick and Senator Charles Perry are pushing a personal agenda. “They were both there when they legalized hemp products. No one can say they didn’t know these products would be consumed… now they’re pretending it was supposed to be for fiber and concrete.”
Some observers suspect the alcohol lobby is involved. “The beer wholesalers adamantly wanted a ban… while the package stores wanted just drinks. So each of them went after something that would specifically benefit them and did it under the guise of some kind of public safety facade.” Cabrera calls it “regulatory capture through the legislature.”
She also pushes back on the frequent claim that children are at risk. “If your concern is minor access… why not just pass an age gate bill? We floated one in 2021, in 2023, and this past session—and it got zero traction.” She says the real reason is clear: “I think it would have legitimized the industry for him. And that is something [Patrick] did not want. He said, ‘I don’t want anybody in their 50s, 60s or 70s to have this.’ So he’s decided that no one should have these products.”
If SB 5 passes, it would devastate the entire hemp supply chain. “Those farmers are not surviving by making hemp houses. They’re surviving by selling biomass at a good price to processors and manufacturers.” She says it’s disingenuous to pretend they’ll be fine. “It’s a complete fallacy… That’s a lie.”
Cabrera wants more regulation, not less. “We fully support additional regulation. Final product testing. Age gating. Child-resistant packaging.” But a ban, she says, is indefensible. “Texas touts itself as a business-friendly state. A business-friendly state does not pick winners and losers.”
Texas faces a defining moment: build a safer, regulated hemp market—or risk unpredictable bans that cost safety, freedom, and consumer trust.
https://t.co/15X0mIJxvW via @BakerInstitute
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The average cost of TCUP is $100/day. The majority of Texas's 5 million rural residents, including senior citizens who depend on full-spectrum hemp wellness products, cannot afford $3000 A MONTH! 😳
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ChatGPT confirms the astronomical daily cost of TCUP. $100/day is not unusual.
Tell me which Texas senior citizen trying to live on $1514.00 a month can afford that!
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Even those who once supported the ban are seeing it for what it is: government overreach that hurts Texans. Thank you, @DadePhelan, for standing with the people and rejecting this harmful policy. #txlege #LetTexansChoose #stopsb5 #RepublicanParty
To my HD 21 neighbors: I will not support a ban on hemp products that threatens an entire legal industry built by Texas entrepreneurs, farmers, and small business owners. The latest prohibition bill isn’t about safety — it’s about government overreach. Texans overwhelmingly support hemp products for adults because they believe in free markets, personal choice, and rural economic opportunity. What’s more — natural hemp-derived products offer relief to veterans suffering from PTSD, patients with chronic pain, cancer survivors, and countless others who rely on safe, legal alternatives for wellness and recovery. An outright ban would kill jobs, hurt agriculture, criminalize responsible adults, and strip away access to therapeutic products— all while doing nothing to address our state’s real public health challenges. Texas deserves smart, compassionate policy — not blanket bans that punish innovation and put hardworking Texans out of work. #txlege
Today's Texas Senate session has opened (start time: 11AM).
The Senate is set to vote on SB 5. This bill would effectively ban hemp-derived THC products.
Watch live: https://t.co/NW93oo3rrO
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@GregAbbott_TX @GregAbbott_TX SB5 is a direct attack on Texas freedom. You’re siding with lobbyists & Big Pharma while destroying small businesses, killing jobs & stripping veterans of life-changing hemp products. Texans won’t forget. VETO SB5 now. #StopSB5 #TexasFreedom
The Texas Senate convene at 2PM today to vote on SB 5. This bill would effectively ban hemp-derived THC products.
Watch live: 🔗 https://t.co/NW93oo3rrO
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The Texas Senate is voting on SB 5—the new Hemp THC ban bill—this Monday.
Your Senator needs to hear from you NOW.
They work for you—and they need to hear your voice before Monday’s hearing.
Call your Senate Rep and register your opposition.
👉 Tell them: Vote NO on SB 5. Texans want smart regulation—not bans.
📲 Use this link to find & contact your Senator in minutes: https://t.co/DHivQB55PT
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@GregAbbott_TX Thanks! Unfortunately, our Senate is acting in direct opposition to your directive for the special session. SB5 is a blatant attempt to outright ban hemp again. This is not the regulation that you or Texans want. #StopSB5 before you have to #VetoSB5.
@TexasHempBiz If they make hemp illegal, they will be making children the dealers, selling it in schools. Rather than at a shop who won't sell to children, aren't children and can be regulated.
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@HKronberg @gregabbott @Burrows4TX @DanPatrick There is nothing wrong with what we have right now, this is bullshit and he knows it!!!!! #STOPSB5
Today at the Texas Capitol - Nicole D’Ortona with THBC delivered powerful testimony before the Senate State Affairs Committee in opposition to SB 5.
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@GovMLG SB 5 is am attempt to infringe on the 2nd Amendment rights of LAW ABIDING CITIZENS- Not for your protection, but for the goverments control.
Remember the lessons of history.
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#MOHandmaids have returned to the Capitol to call out Gov. Greitens & #MoLeg for attacking #ReproRights in special session. #HandmaidsTale
Attn @EricGreitens $20kPerDay would pay for 80 cancer screenings, breast exams, Pap tests. #MOLeg #StopSB5 #NoMOSpecialSession #MOHandmaids https://t.co/Efmn9XlerG
The #MOHandmaids are currently walking the halls in Jefferson City. They are looking for our State Senators to tell them, Vote NO on SB5!
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