Category: Texas

In Texas, One Delta-8 THC Gummy Can Carry More Prison Time Than an Ounce of Weed

September 6, 2026 No Comments

A single four-gram delta-8 gummy can now expose its owner to a felony bracket that runs to twenty years, because Texas weighs the whole product and a gummy is mostly sugar. An ounce of marijuana is still a misdemeanor. The Legislature never voted for any of it, and the delta-9 gummies that survived the crackdown are legal on a technicality federal law erases in November.

Texas Built a Weed Market Without Legalizing Weed

July 21, 2026 No Comments

Texas cannabis laws created a strange split market of hemp, medical cannabis, and marijuana prohibition. Here’s how the confusion took hold.

Watch: The Texas Lt. Governor Called Hemp Sellers ‘Terrorists.’ Our New Documentary Goes Inside The Fight.

May 22, 2026 No Comments

Episode 2 of High Times’ Texas Cannabis Chronicles goes inside the machinery of the crackdown, where the Lieutenant Governor called hemp operators “terrorists” and a

Texas Hemp Flower Is Back On Shelves, For Now

April 13, 2026 No Comments

A Travis County judge temporarily blocked Texas from enforcing new hemp rules that had effectively pushed smokable THCA flower and pre-rolls off shelves, handing the industry a short-term win in one of the country’s most chaotic hemp markets.

The War On Texas Cannabis Just Got Its Own High Times Docuseries: Watch It Here

March 27, 2026 No Comments

Directed by JT Barnett, the new High Times series Texas Cannabis Chronicles opens inside one of the fastest-moving and most politically contested cannabis markets in America, where farmers, veterans, patients and small operators are bracing for a crackdown they say could wipe out an entire industry.

Ohio, Texas And South Carolina Are All Tightening Hemp Rules, Just Not The Same Way

March 23, 2026 No Comments

Ohio’s new law is now in effect. South Carolina’s Senate chose a narrow regulate-it-don’t-ban-it model. Texas is about to wipe smokable hemp off shelves while squeezing the rest with tougher rules and fees. Same plant, same loophole, three very different state responses.

Leaders in Dallas, Texas Pursue Cannabis Decriminalization

June 12, 2024 1 Comment

Amidst other cities that have already passed cannabis decriminalization in Texas, the city council in Dallas is working on its own initiative to prevent police from arresting people with four ounces of cannabis or less.

Majority of Texans Now Support Legalizing Pot for Adult Use

May 28, 2024 No Comments

Support among Texans shifted in favor of adult-use cannabis legalization.

Texas Senate To Hold Public Hearing on Delta-8, Delta-9 THC Products

May 16, 2024 1 Comment

The hearing will be held on May 29, with the intention of discussing a ban on delta-8 and delta-9 THC products that have thrived in Texas since 2019.

Texas Attorney General Sues 5 Cities Over Weed Decriminalization

February 2, 2024 3 Comments

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is suing the cities of Austin, San Marcos, Killeen, Elgin, and Denton in an attempt to block their cannabis decriminalization measures.

Texas Woman Receives Lifetime Ban for Bringing CBD Sleep Gummies on Carnival Cruise Line

November 22, 2023 1 Comment

The gummies were intended to help her sleep while cruising, but cruise lines follow federal regulations that prohibit cannabis and CBD products of any kind.

Report: Texas Law Enforcement Won’t Stop Raiding Hemp Shops

November 1, 2023 No Comments

Texas cops have absolutely no chill when it comes to hemp.