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Hemp industry pushes back against Senate bill to ban THC; the ban may pass the Senate but prospects are less certain in the House

Various Delta 8 THC products at a Valero station on Thursday, Feb. 9, 2023 in Spring Branch.

Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s consumable hemp market, the TX Senate is pushing to shut down the industry by barring products that contain tetrahydrocannabinol, or THC.   Yet the proposal to ban THC faces uncertain prospects in the House, where the hemp industry is bullish about getting

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San Antonio hopes to ban tobacco sales to those under 21 and, join other cities and states who have raised age to 21

Oct 26, 2017 – KSAT – San Antonio is on the way to joining 13 other large cities and five states around the nation that ban tobacco sales to people under 21 years of age.  Results from an online survey conducted by San Antonio Metro Health show that 77

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New DEA website launched to target gateway drug abuse in colleges

July 19, 2017 — Drug enforcement agents have launched a new website in a bid to crack down on illegal drug use by college students and stop later-life addiction.

The website — campusdrugprevention.gov — was created by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) to reduce the amount of substance experimentation

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What are marijuana’s long-term effects on the brain?

Substantial evidence from animal research and a growing number of studies in humans indicate that marijuana exposure during development can cause long-term or possibly permanent adverse changes in the brain. Rats exposed to THC before birth, soon after birth, or during adolescence show notable problems with specific learning and memory … Continue to full story .......

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