For the Culture By The Culture
Governor Greg Abbott’s Executive Order GA 56 hands Texas alcohol regulators control over hemp THC, framing it as “protection” while consolidating power. The $5 billion hemp market now faces child-resistant packaging rules, ID checks, and compliance costs that favor big players. This is not about kids or health; it is about control, consolidation, and outlaw culture under fire.
Texas lawmakers failed for the third time to ban hemp THC, leaving a ten billion dollar industry and fifty thousand jobs intact. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick pushed hard, but the House refused to play executioner. Abbott stuck with the regulation, and Texans mocked Patrick online as obsessed, out of touch, and defeated.
Governor Greg Abbott’s surprise veto of SB 3 handed a rare loss to Texas prohibitionists, keeping hemp-derived THC products legal, for now. But Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is already plotting revenge. This report breaks down the politics, the power struggle, and what the veto really means for cannabis in Texas. The war on weed isn’t over. It just changed shape.
Texas is ground zero for the next great cannabis battle. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick is pushing an all-out ban on THC, doubling down on outdated drug war rhetoric. But Texas is changing—legalization is gaining ground, cities are fighting back, and Big Pharma, private prisons, and the alcohol industry are scrambling to keep weed illegal. This isn’t just a ban—it’s a war.
