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!
