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Texas THC Challenge: Beverage – 2025

August 20, 2025 | Business, News

The 2025 Texas THC Challenge: A New Era for Blazed Magazine This year marks not only another round of the Texas THC Challenge, but also the beginning of a new chapter for us as Blazed Magazine. Formerly known as the Texas Hemp Reporter, our publication has evolved alongside the hemp and cannabis …

Meet the Happy Cactus: Fighting for Hemp

July 28, 2025 | Business

The landscape of hemp and marijuana in the State of Texas has been an absolute minefield, and Todd Harris of The Happy Cactus can speak to this first-hand. From being targeted by a 51-year-old publication to having his shop visited by none other than Dan Patrick himself, Todd has had to defend hi…

Texas Smoke Shop Owners React to New THC Legislation

May 14, 2025 | Business

Lifestyle, Cannabis, Cannabis Law Austin, TX – State legislators are considering a ban of the sale of all consumable hemp products, leaving the cannabis industry and cannabis advocates in the State of Texas in an uproar. New cannabis legislation threatens to dismantle a $5.5 Billion…

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Ricky Williams Joins SB3 Fight

March 20, 2025 | Business, Football

Will $475,000 Campaign Help Bring a 4th Quarter Win? Former Longhorn and Heisman winner Ricky Williams hopes to sway Texas lawmakers on cannabis legislation. He co-founded Project Champion with former NFL athletes Jim McMahon and Kyle Turley. Together, the trio hopes to use their influence — and …

From Magic Tricks to Global Smoke Circles: How Josh Kesselman Built the RAW Empire

January 3, 2025 | Business, Events, Pop Culture

Inside the sprawling halls of MJBizCon 2024, amid the neon-lit booths and the endless hum of conversations about cannabis futures, you’ll find a man in a jacket that sparkles like a Vegas marquee. He’s wearing Balenciaga sneakers, sportin’ a diamond-encrusted watch and carrying himself like a roc…

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Jury Finds LoneStar Farms, LLC, “d/b/a” Sweet Sensi Committed Constructive Fraud Against CenTex CBD

November 19, 2024 | Business

CenTex CBD beat back a claim by LoneStar Farms LLC, better known as Sweet Sensi, and their lawyer, Lisa Pittman, of misappropriation of trade secrets and intellectual property and allegations of unethical conduct.

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