When patrons step into Planet K on Guadalupe Street, about a mile north of the University of Texas, it’s immediately clear what its primary business is. Shelves fixed against the store’s vibrant green walls are filled with a diverse array of consumable hemp products, most containing THC: gummies, vapes, infused beverages, smokable flowers, and accessories such as bongs, pipes and rolling papers.

Those shelves may soon look dramatically different after the Texas Legislature last week passed a bill that would ban all products containing THC, potentially delivering a costly blow to the state's booming cannabis industry.

If Gov. Greg Abbott signs Senate Bill 3 into law, Planet K’s shelves come September would be limited to selections of nicotine products, such as pouches, cigarettes and so

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