In August last year, the agency put a rule in place that outlawed the manufacturing, processing, distribution and retail sale of smokable hemp products, potentially cutting off those who prefer to smoke cannabis buds to obtain CBD, a component of cannabis used for its reported health benefits. Days later, several hemp companies filed a lawsuit claiming the ban is unlawful. The ban has been tangled in district court ever since.
Initially, CBD stores and smoke shops adapted, selling “consumable hemp products. While the products were possible to smoke, they were not labeled as being for smoking. (The ban didn t directly affect others forms of CBD delivery like oils and edibles.)
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A cyclist passes a Spanish language mural featuring the popular Mexican television actor Chespirito, reading put on the mask on Marcelino s restaurant in East Austin.
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has sued Austin and Travis County leaders over what he says is local overstep of the governor s order removing a statewide mask mandate.
“I told Travis County & The City of Austin to comply with state mask law,” Paxton tweeted Thursday, a day after he threatened to sue. “They blew me off. So, once again, I’m dragging them to court.”
The lawsuit, which was filed in Travis County District Court on Thursday, names Austin Mayor Steve Adler, Travis County Judge Andy Brown and interim Medical Director and Health Authority Mark Escott as defendants.
The lawsuit follows an explicit threat from the Republican attorney general after the statewide mask mandate was lifted.
Bartender Alyssa Dooley, center, talks with customers at Mo’s Irish Pub in Houston Tuesday, March 2, the same day Texas Gov. Greg Abbott announced he was lifting business capacity limits and the state’s mask mandate. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
(CN) Launching yet another court battle over pandemic restrictions, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Thursday sued local officials in the state’s capital city for their moves to keep mask mandates in place despite a statewide order from the governor that lifted mask rules.