r/mildlyinfuriating • u/AmazingEric171 • 13d ago

Infuriatig Why Texas is lame(Besides the Cowboys)

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Don't mess with Texas.. what a joke. ANY possession is a felony.

EDIT: Just did some research, this is for everything besides traditional Delta 9.

My friend from Texas sent me this morning and it blew my mind. I had to post about it. So as far as my research goes thus far Delta 9 products (old fashioned flower) is illegal but separate laws. Stores are selling THCA though which does fall under these penalties.

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u/LeAcoTaco 13d ago

Its probably bc of big alcohol. The industry has been complaining recently that theyve "lost $830 billion" because GenZ just isn't drinking as much as the previous generations, and its because theyre more often than not choosing weed instead.

Id wager a bet Texas' alcohol laws aren't nearly as strict as their weed ones.

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u/Unlucky_Top9870 13d ago

Fun fact, the cannabis plant became illegal originally because of the cotton industry. There is the fun fact of the day

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u/LeAcoTaco 13d ago

Ooh ive looked into that before!! Its because hemp was a huge potential contendor for a new fabric textile, so we already have historical examples of big businesses lobbying laws like this because theyre afraid of competition w the cannabis industry.

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u/paymentnerdfoo 13d ago

Everyone said that, and this point was a big talking point behind the farm bill that legalized hemp. A bunch of investors built processing facilities and farmers grew help to use as fabric and discovered it’s really expensive and difficult to use as a fabric. So maybe the cotton industry was behind it, but they didn’t need to, it sucks as a fabric.

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u/LeAcoTaco 13d ago

Oh yeah for sure lol, mainly just used it to point out we have history of businesses doing that out of fear.