SAN ANGELO, Texas (Concho Valley Homepage) — Texas State Senator Charles Perry, formally requested that the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) and the Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) update state hemp rules to comply with federal regulations.

According to a press release from the office of Senator Perry, under federal regulations finalized during the first Trump administration, legal hemp must be tested for total delta-9 THC, which includes both THC and its precursor, THCA.

The press release then explains that Texas law remains unclear; some argue that it only requires testing for delta-9 THC. This lack of clarity has created “loopholes” in state law which have allowed retail stores to sell marijuana masquerading as hemp which makes it illegal to harvest in all 50 sta

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