A proposed Texas law is making some Houston companies consider taking their business to other states.
HOUSTON — As the Texas Legislature prioritizes a crackdown on consumable hemp products and tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), at least one Houston business is bracing for a fight.
Benjamin Meggs, CEO of Bayou City Hemp Co., a Houston-based manufacturer of consumable hemp products, told the Houston Business Journal that the passage of Senate Bill 3 could put a planned local expansion of the business in jeopardy. Meggs declined to share a precise location but said he is in the permitting phase for the new site on 4 acres in west Houston — which he said would be the largest THC beverage facility in the country.
“We’ve already invested in the infrastructure,” he told the Houston Business Journal in an interview. “It’s there, and this is what we do. It’s been one hell of a journey, and that should be rewarded.”
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