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The Lawsuit That Changes the Kratom Debate

February 10, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

For years, kratom existed in a regulatory gray zone—debated, periodically regulated, but rarely confronted through full-scale state enforcement. That equilibrium broke on February 6, 2026, when the Texas Attorney General filed suit in Ellis County seeking an ex parte temporary restraining order, …

What the Supreme Court Is Really Testing in Sky Marketing

January 16, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

The Texas Supreme Court’s hearing in Texas Department of State Health Services v. Sky Marketing had the calm, deliberate feel of a court doing what courts are supposed to do: strip away the noise, ignore the moral-panic political theatrics across the plaza in the east wing of the Capitol, and rea…

Hemp, Dirty DSHS, and the Limits of Getting Cute

January 9, 2026 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

As the hemp industry approaches the Department of State Health Services’ public comment hearing, the broader context deserves attention. Texas’s system of administrative law was built for moments exactly like this one. The Open Meetings Act, the Public Information Act, and the Administrative Proc…

Trump’s Schedule III play

December 16, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

The better question is simpler and more unnerving: what happens when a President decides the machinery already sitting on the table should finally be used the way it was built to be used—and staffs the relevant agencies with people who don’t confuse delay with virtue. According to the Washington …

Big Marijuana’s Texas Play:

December 9, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Political Editor, Blazed News Inside DPS’s High-Risk Bet on Nine MSOs—and Why the Industry Pushed Back Texas has quietly crossed a threshold that will define the future of its medical cannabis program—and possibly its broader cannabis policy—for years to come. On December 2, the Texas Department …

Compassionate Use Program: 9 New Licensee

December 6, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Texas is taking meaningful steps to strengthen the Texas Compassionate Use Program following the passage of HB 46. New qualifying conditions like chronic pain, traumatic brain injury, Crohn’s disease, and hospice care are now in effect, and DSHS has adopted rules for approving inhalation devices …

Big Marijuana’s Next Target: Texas Compassionate Use Program

November 18, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

A Cautionary Tale of Federal Taxes and Recreational Lobbying Originally passed by the Texas Legislature and signed by Governor Abbott in 2015, the Texas Compassionate Use Program was structured with the intent of a “right to try” limited program. Similar to other state medical cannabis programs, …

Texas Hemp’s Turning Point: From Panic to Partnership

October 8, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

The Quiet Majority Has Spoken—Now It’s Time to Act Like It Texans are not confused about hemp. They’re tired of chaos. Poll after poll shows most voters—Democrats, Republicans, rural, suburban, and urban alike—support legal hemp and cannabis when framed around order, safety, and responsibi…

Texas Hemp Shops Raided on Junk Science, Judge Refuses to Step In

September 18, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Well, Texas did it again. A federal judge just told a couple of hemp shop owners in Abilene, “sorry folks, you’re on your own.” Here’s what happened. Brennon and Brittany Manske run CBD House of Healing. Like a lot of Texas hemp businesses, they’ve been trying to carve out a place in this messy, …

Abbott’s GA-56: Age Gates by Fiat, Testing by Rule—And the Legal Holes in Between

September 10, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Governor Greg Abbott has signed Executive Order GA-56, directing state agencies to bar minors from purchasing hemp-derived products, tighten laboratory testing and labeling, and coordinate enforcement after the Legislature failed twice this summer to enact a comprehensive regulatory bill. The ord…

Explainer: Why Governor Abbott Is Asking the Texas Supreme Court to Remove Rep. Gene Wu from Office

August 6, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

In a move that’s being called both historic and controversial, Texas Governor Greg Abbott has asked the state’s highest court to remove Representative Gene Wu from office. Abbott’s legal team filed an emergency petition on Tuesday with the Texas Supreme Court, invoking an obscure legal tool known…

Twin Bills, One Goal: Sweeping Hemp Crackdown

July 29, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

Why HB 5 Mirrors SB 5. A second shoe has dropped in the Texas Legislature, and it has the same number as the first. House Bill 5, filed by Rep. Gary VanDeaver during the first called session of the 89th Legislature, is a word-for-word duplicate of Senate Bill 5 by Sen. Charles Perry. The […

For Immediate Release: CRAFT Leads the Way in Hemp Compliance as SB 3 Threatens Industry

April 3, 2025 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

As the Texas Legislature debates SB 3—a bill that would ban all THC products—responsible hemp retailers across the state are stepping up to protect their businesses, their customers, and their communities. For the past 18 months, Texas hemp industry advocates, business owners, policy and legal ex…

A Talk with Tejas: Diving Deep into Synthetics with Aaron Owens

December 7, 2024 | Texas Legal & Regulatory News

There is a crossroads in the hemp industry where many stakeholders clash. Some business owners and investors believe synthetic THC products should….

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