TEXAS THC BAN TAKES EFFECT FRIDAY, POSSESSION NOW A FELONY
Texas is banning delta-8, delta-10, THCP and THCA hemp products starting Friday, July 31, making possession a state jail felony punishable by 180 days to two years in prison and fines up to $10,000. The ban follows a May Texas Supreme Court ruling that let the Texas Department of State Health Services classify those THC variants as a Schedule I controlled substance, ending a 2021 injunction that had let the products stay on shelves for five years. Low-dose delta-9 THC products — the most commonly sold form in Texas — remain legal, along with delta-9 smokeable hemp like flower and joints, since a separate ban on those is currently paused by a court ruling. Cannabis industry experts estimate the change could pull 60% to 90% of THC products off shelves at some of the roughly 14,000 licensed hemp retailers statewide, and businesses caught selling banned products could lose their licenses and face felony charges of their own.
If you have delta-8 or THCA products sitting at home right now, did you know Friday could make holding onto them a felony?
Smucky, the cat eating appendix
TEXAS THC BAN TAKES EFFECT FRIDAY, POSSESSION NOW A FELONY
