Most Wanted Attorney in Texas: Adam Reposa
With the state’s flower ban looming in March, Texas hemp shop owners were staring at shelves full of products they suddenly might not be able to sell. Everyone was sweating – except Adam Reposa.
The Austin attorney and owner of ATX Budtenders was unfazed, mostly because he’s been running a dispensary that technically sells “merch” and just happens to give away weed as a gift. He models his business after Washington DC-style dispensaries. In the nation’s capital, dispensaries dodge legal landmines by selling “services” like motivational speeches and then giving weed away as a “free gift.” Yes, that’s really the system. No, you’re not hallucinating.
ATX Budtenders leans into this model by selling t‑shirts priced from $100 to $300. If anything, Reposa admits he could be guilty of littering because his delivery drivers “toss weed into people’s yards” while dropping off shirts.
Winning in The Wreckage
The Texas Department of State Health Services’ smokable hemp ban isn’t its first attempt to choke out the industry. In 2021, the agency tried banning Delta 8 THC – a move the courts eventually put in time-out with a temporary injunction that’s still in effect five years later. In 2026, brands like Wyatt Purp sued again, hoping the Delta‑8 precedent would save them from another regulatory beatdown.
Meanwhile, Reposa’s business seems to enjoy protections that licensed flower dispensaries can only dream about.
Reposa has never depended on permission. He’s been selling his Mr. Chinga line of cannabis products for years, insisting Austin’s decriminalization efforts created a kind of de facto legalization – when the law says one thing, but everyday reality says another. In this landscape, ATX Budtenders continues to thrive, even after a January 2024 police raid that resulted in… absolutely nothing. More than two years later, no charges have been filed.
Whether he’s a visionary or a liability, Reposa’s presence makes one thing clear: Texas’ cannabis future won’t be shaped solely in courtrooms.
“They’re trying to hand the industry off to a bunch of rich people, and if we can’t win this fight, we’re f***ing losers,” Reposa said. “We’re just sitting around waiting for them to hand something to us, and that’s some pu**y ass bullsh*t if we let that happen. After all, we live in the land of ‘Come and Take it.’”
Entering a New Chapter – Personally and Professionally
At 50, Reposa is a recent divorcee who “hates dating apps and doesn’t feel bad about selling weed.”
“I’m not everyone’s cup of tea,” he said, while confirming a lack of emotional intelligence. “I’d be hard for any woman to handle. Maybe I’m not relationship material.”
Still, he’d like all the single ladies to know he’s on Tinder. Swipe responsibly.
Romance, however, is low on Reposa’s priority list. A looming hemp ban means an uptick in business for ATX Budtenders.
“My staff sucks, and I worry I’m not going to be able to keep up with my organic growth,” he said. “I need people who are worth a sh*t.”
Those who are interested in working at ATX Budtenders are encouraged to inquire by phone at 512-GAS-BUDS.
In addition to future hopes of running for Travis County District Attorney, Reposa aspires to make ATX Budtenders a nationwide brand.
“But it’s not going to be possible with my current dipsh*t staff,” he said.
This May or May Not End Well
Controversy is basically Reposa’s love language. He has been convicted of contempt of court twice, serving a collective 77 days in jail for the offenses. He has made antagonizing viral videos, and he once slapped stickers on East Austin businesses that featured the City of Austin’s seal and read, “Exclusively for White People,” to make a statement about gentrification. Subtlety is not his strong suit.
Launching ATX Budtenders fits neatly into his lifelong pattern of poking the bear. As legal hemp businesses face disruption from the state government, Reposa represents what everyone else is afraid to do. But is he exploiting the chaos or exposing the hypocrisy?
His business model may not survive forever, but for now, it exposes the strange limbo Texas has created – a place where enforcement is selective, legality is fluid, and the boldest players thrive in the cracks.
In a state at war with its own cannabis culture, Reposa is the wild card. And whether he’s right or reckless depends on who you ask.