Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas

Uniting and educating communities on the impacts of marijuana.

Despite bipartisan support for Senate Bill 3 to ban all THC products, Abbott vetoed the bill. He has now called for a special session to regulate THC, which is a shocking move to legalize marijuana.

This is detrimental to public health and the taxpayers.

Texas Legislators must support only one regulation: a full ban on THC!

.A full ban is fiscally responsible. It is much cheaper than a complex regulatory regime, which the industry will continually evade, and more THC use will lead to enormous downstream social costs, which will ultimately be borne by the taxpayers.

A total ban is the clear path forward. It eliminates the manufacture, distribution, and sale of hemp-derived THC products in Texas – ending the chaos and restoring the intent of the original hemp law. Texans did not vote for a backdoor marijuana market disguised as “legal hemp.”

If lawmakers truly want to protect kids and communities, they must stop the harm at its source. Close the loophole. End the retail free-for-all and Remove these dangerous products from Texas shelves for good.

Governor Abbott and the Texas legislators have a duty to shield children from preventable harm. The post-2019 surge in THC poisonings – especially among toddlers – demands an immediate course correction. Texans did not sign up for intoxicating hemp products to be sold as candy, food, and beverage items. 

Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas urges lawmakers to close the hemp loophole that allows semi-synthetic intoxicants to sidestep safeguards. Texas families deserve peace of mind. The data is in; now, it’s time to act.

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Addiction (Substance Use Disorder) is a pediatric disease. 9 out of 10 people who develop this disease started using drugs under the age of 18. We need to focus on drug prevention policies, not drug promotion policies, like legalization. 

Citizens for a Safe and Healthy Texas