OPEN LETTER TO STOP SB 3 & CSSB 3
OPEN LETTER TO STOP SB 3 & CSSB 3
I’m an adult who uses legal hemp products. These bills would ban the very products I rely on for my well-being. I choose not to enroll in the Texas Compassionate Use Program because it’s restrictive, costly, and inconvenient— it’s a state-sanctioned monopoly that limits my options.
In our early 50s; my wife and I occasionally use hemp products in my household for inflammation, my wife Jennifer has Lupus and Rheumatoid Arthritis, these hemp products provide the needed relief which are NOT COVERED on TCUP, AND if they were, would not be effective in her treatment given the current legal THC levels offered anyway!
Eliminating my family’s options would cause our family to resort back to gabapentin, Oxycontin, and other narcotics. Lawmakers should not take away natural, plant-based options from responsible adults. Hemp products are already legal under federal and Texas law, regulated by the Texas Department of State Health Services and several federal agencies.
Dan Patrick is playing games with SB 3 and CSSB 3 and his marijuana, alcohol backed money is no SECRET. These lies that Sen. Perry and Dan Patrick and their law enforcement bulldogs have gone on long enough. A recent Report on Forensic Lab Testing: The Schutte Report Expose DPS misconduct or willful ignorance in THCa testing and put the House on notice that convictions based on faulty presumptions are invalid and legally radioactive.
It goes against core Texas values of freedom, personal responsibility, and limited government. I own a magazine covering these Hemp products for the last 5 years! THE TEXAS HEMP REPORTER I also Host the TEXAS HEMP SHOW PODCAST ON ESPN IN AUSTIN!
We have interviewed countless Texans on these incredible benefits of this plant in the last 5 years on our shows and in our magazines.
Covering this industry as the main media outlet for Hemp in Texas employs me and my small staff and our families. I will be out of business, and so will 50,000 of my fellow Texans! BUT MOST OF ALL, THE TEXAS COMMERCIAL REAL ESTATE IN YOUR DISTRICTS will also take a huge hit if these bills are passed!
Nothing works like hemp —for my fellow Texans and no one has ever died from using legal hemp products. If CSSB 3 or SB 3 becomes law, Texas stands to lose over $764 million in sales tax revenue and over 53,000 jobs —triggering massive unemployment costs.
Texas should lead in this industry not fall victim to Dan Patrick’s tactics of Jim Crow Reefer Madness era claims. He, after all, allowed these products to be legal 6 years ago, and now calls Texas retailers “drug pushers” and “dealers”.
It’s time for Texas to lead in Hemp not fall back into further criminalization and discrimination of a bygone era. Texas Want these Products!
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Roy McCown Jr
I agree with your letter 100 percent. I’m 57 years old with kidney failure and suffer from insomnia. I take Hemp gummies to sleep. I have also undergone two back surgeries and it helps with the pain. THC has never killed anyone. 75 percent of the people I see buying these products are over 50 years old. If they pass either one of these bills they can kiss their time in office goodbye. Most of them don’t even know how close we are of getting thc taken away. I really don’t understand this backwards thinking. Over 60 percent of Texans support keeping THC Hemp products the way they are. They have it fixed so the people can’t vote it in, like many other states.
Thank you for your time.
Roy McCown
William Holmes
I totally agree!!! I’m a conservative republican that has e-mailed countless politicians & my local congressmen & said that sb3 & CSSB 3 are a farce !!!! Hemp products are a God-send for adults battling many ailments!! Follow the money !!!! The alcohol lobby & other powerful interests are behind this THC ban because it hurts their sales!!! I just pray that enough supporters of hemp products don’t just set on their asses & bitch about this, but let their voices be heard by those in power!!!!! I’m sick of hearing so called conservatives with their lies or ignorance of this topic say “it’s for the health of the children” . I’m a true Texas conservative who believes the less government in our lives , the BETTER!!! Adult Texans should be left to make their own decisions about this just like they do about alcohol!!!!