The legislative fight over a prospective tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) ban has made for strange lobbying bedfellows, uniting beer distributors, grassroots conservative groups, and law enforcement on one side, and veterans, cake shop entrepreneurs, progressive activists, and Libertarians on the other — with liquor stores somewhere in between.
Six years ago, the Texas Legislature passed House Bill (HB) 1325 that legalized the production of hemp. Since then, the industry has exploded into a nearly $8 billion industry with more than 7,500 registered THC-specific shops and the availability of THC-infused beverages at liquor stores.
