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Yep you’ve been able to buy bud, edibles, all sorts of stuff here in Texas from big name smoke shops, for now.

by chomp 2y ago

inciampati 2y ago
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- BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
  They've known from the start. There are d8/d9 shops everywhere now. It's kind of annoying actually. I think the articles have been slow to roll out because of the line at the very end of the article. They've been waiting until it's too late.
AvieDeckard 2y ago
I've been very much enjoying these loopholes, as someone who lacks any personal connections in my state. I've been keeping an eye on these proposed reforms. It might be time to buy some up to keep for a rainy day.
dtagames 2y ago
Indeed. The state health department tried to stop it a few years ago. The $8 billion hemp product industry in Texas ended that in about 3 days. The state was found to have no jurisdiction. Recently, there was an "alternative hemp products" expo here in Houston (that's the new word for this stuff). Just like the marijuana expos in Colorado when that first became legal, Texas is a dry state for pot with no legal states within an easy drive. This, combined with our huge population, makes it a natural market "alt hemp." I don't think it will be going away here anytime soon.
- 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
  The state was found to have no jurisdiction. I know politicians can justify laws coinciding with their belief system, but this strikes me as hilarious rationale. I thought the state was supposed to be the final authority. Does anyone have the ability to regulate the sale of plants?
  - ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
    The constitution (Texas' and/or USA's) is (theoretically) the final authority. It's possible that many things don't have constitutional authorization for state regulation.
    - 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
      Regulating sale of crops (via taxes, quality control standards, defining a vegetable, or even the standardized size of a bushel) seem government rights with exceedingly long precedent. The constitution was signed when the economy was predominantly agricultural. I appreciate the outcome, even though I detest the, “I’ll use it when it benefits my beliefs” kind of execution.
      - lesuorac 2y ago
        Does it? The original intent of the 5th amendment was that even your stuff couldn't be used against you in a court of law. The Founders were all wealthy businessmen committing treason; surely they'd have been in support of a very weak government when they later framed the Constitution. The USDA is 1862 and some of the more famous events like "The Jungle" [1] leading to food safety laws are well after the Constitution. Getting sick an dieing was just a fact of the old times and I don't think people were like "lets band together and use government to make use get less sick". [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act#Historical_motivation_for_enactment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act#Hi...
        throwup238 2y ago
        They were in support of a weak government when they wrote the Articles of Confederation. They wrote the Constitution a decade later because that turned out to be such a disaster.
      - weberer 2y ago
        That was supposed to only affect interstate commerce according to the constitution, but a supreme court case in 1942 gave the federal government way more power than originally intended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
- brudgers 2y ago
  no legal states within an easy drive Texas borders New Mexico. Weed is legal there. The problem is that to a first approximation Texas isn’t an easy drive from Texas.

Yep you’ve been able to buy bud, edibles, all sorts of stuff here in Texas from big name smoke shops, for now.

by chomp 2y ago

Yep you’ve been able to buy bud, edibles, all sorts of stuff here in Texas from big name smoke shops, for now.

inciampati 2y ago

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BugsJustFindMe 2y ago
They've known from the start. There are d8/d9 shops everywhere now. It's kind of annoying actually. I think the articles have been slow to roll out because of the line at the very end of the article. They've been waiting until it's too late.

AvieDeckard 2y ago

I've been very much enjoying these loopholes, as someone who lacks any personal connections in my state. I've been keeping an eye on these proposed reforms. It might be time to buy some up to keep for a rainy day.

dtagames 2y ago

Indeed. The state health department tried to stop it a few years ago. The $8 billion hemp product industry in Texas ended that in about 3 days. The state was found to have no jurisdiction. Recently, there was an "alternative hemp products" expo here in Houston (that's the new word for this stuff). Just like the marijuana expos in Colorado when that first became legal, Texas is a dry state for pot with no legal states within an easy drive. This, combined with our huge population, makes it a natural market "alt hemp." I don't think it will be going away here anytime soon.

0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
The state was found to have no jurisdiction. I know politicians can justify laws coinciding with their belief system, but this strikes me as hilarious rationale. I thought the state was supposed to be the final authority. Does anyone have the ability to regulate the sale of plants?
- ImPostingOnHN 2y ago
  The constitution (Texas' and/or USA's) is (theoretically) the final authority. It's possible that many things don't have constitutional authorization for state regulation.
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 2y ago
    Regulating sale of crops (via taxes, quality control standards, defining a vegetable, or even the standardized size of a bushel) seem government rights with exceedingly long precedent. The constitution was signed when the economy was predominantly agricultural. I appreciate the outcome, even though I detest the, “I’ll use it when it benefits my beliefs” kind of execution.
    - lesuorac 2y ago
      Does it? The original intent of the 5th amendment was that even your stuff couldn't be used against you in a court of law. The Founders were all wealthy businessmen committing treason; surely they'd have been in support of a very weak government when they later framed the Constitution. The USDA is 1862 and some of the more famous events like "The Jungle" [1] leading to food safety laws are well after the Constitution. Getting sick an dieing was just a fact of the old times and I don't think people were like "lets band together and use government to make use get less sick". [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act#Historical_motivation_for_enactment https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Meat_Inspection_Act#Hi...
      - throwup238 2y ago
        They were in support of a weak government when they wrote the Articles of Confederation. They wrote the Constitution a decade later because that turned out to be such a disaster.
    - weberer 2y ago
      That was supposed to only affect interstate commerce according to the constitution, but a supreme court case in 1942 gave the federal government way more power than originally intended. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn
brudgers 2y ago
no legal states within an easy drive Texas borders New Mexico. Weed is legal there. The problem is that to a first approximation Texas isn’t an easy drive from Texas.