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Have you looked into this in Texas? We have regulatory and fraud enforcement failures, too.
As an example, since you @tedcruz voted in favor of Frankenstein hemp-derived THC, what says you about the regulatory failure of industrial hemp in Texas?
A 2025 review of 56 entities listed by the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) received in a FOIA request (see pic) as “industrial hemp farms” reveals systemic regulatory failure and a breakdown in basic verification and enforcement.
Of the 56 listings reviewed:
•3 businesses were permanently closed
•3 were duplicate listings
•3 listed incorrect addresses or cities
•11 were not relevant or appropriate to be listed as hemp farms
•16 were businesses primarily selling food, beverages, cosmetics, or vape products
•5 were retail smoke shops
In total, a majority of entities listed as “industrial hemp farms” were not legitimate agricultural producers, but instead retail or consumer-product businesses OR did not exist at all.
This indicates: No meaningful vetting of applicants; No routine verification of physical locations; No enforcement of statutory distinctions between farming, manufacturing, and retail.
It’s a registry that functions as a paper shield rather than an oversight tool.
The result is a state-sanctioned registry that misrepresents retail THC sellers as agricultural producers, undermining food safety laws, consumer protection, and legislative intent.
This is not a loophole. It is an ENFORCEMENT failure when more than half of Texas’ ‘industrial hemp farm’ listings aren’t farms at all, many are smoke shops, vape sellers, or closed businesses. That’s a regulatory failure.
P.S. - Texas hemp oversight scandal: Sid Miller’s chief of staff Todd Smith was indicted, and later pled guilty, to felony bribery tied to selling access to hemp licenses, then was rehired by Miller to lead the same agency. Say whattttttt???
Who is actually growing hemp in Texas? What statutory or regulatory safeguards exist to ensure that “hemp grower” licenses are issued only to bona fide agricultural producers, and how often are those safeguards enforced? If most listed “hemp farms” aren’t farms at all, is the state regulating agriculture…or who/which shady/foreign entities might be laundering retail THC sales through an agricultural registry???
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