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new poll revealed that Texas Republican voters reject banning hemp-derived products, a central aim of S.B. 3. Conducted by GOP pollster Chris Perkins of Ragnar Research Partners, the poll found:

• 47% of Texas Republican primary voters oppose banning hemp products; just 37% support a ban.
• 53% believe a ban will empower drug cartels, and 55% say it will increase black market sales.
• 72% believe veterans should be able to access THC products as an alternative to opioids.

These results reinforce an earlier statewide poll conducted by Baselice & Associates in March, which showed 68% of Texas likely voters support legal, regulated THC hemp products, including majorities across party lines and age groups.

Texas implemented strong hemp regulations in 2019 under House Bill 1325, such as strict rules on THC limits, full panel testing, licensing, labeling and accessible certificates of analysis. However, if signed into law, S.B. 3 would ban hemp-derived products currently legal under both federal and Texas law. The legislation will eliminate $4.3 billion in annual revenue and 53,000 jobs, and also flood the state with unregulated, unsafe products.

“If we’re going to ban something harmful, let’s start with alcohol, the third leading preventable cause of death in the United States, or tobacco, which kills more than 480,000 Americans each year,” Bordas said. “But we’re not banning those products. Instead, powerful lobbyists tied to marijuana monopolies and Big Alcohol are pushing to criminalize a hemp industry that has created 53,000 jobs and helped countless Texans, especially veterans. The public sees what’s happening. Texans don’t want prohibition. They want fairness, freedom and safe, regulated choices, not backroom deals that put political influence over people’s lives.”