A Texas Senate committee has begun discussing Senate Bill 3, which would ban the sale of consumable THC products. Here's what lawmakers are saying.

There is little doubt that a ban will sail through the Senate. But its prospects are far less certain in the House.

Over the past decade, thousands of CBD shops have opened across Texas. Allen Police Chief Steve Dye said marijuana on the market today is stronger and more addictive than ever.

Texas senators are considering Senate Bill 3, which seeks to penalize possession and manufacturing of THC-containing hemp products, with implications for the state's economy and existing businesses.

The legislation does not propose banning the sale of products containing CBD, although it’s often an ingredient in hemp-derived THC products. CBD has been federally approved for treating a form of childhood epilepsy, and there is evidence it could be used to treat anxiety disorders, pain, insomnia and possibly inflammation.

A bill moving through the Texas Senate would ban nearly all consumable products that contain THC, the psychoactive ingredient in marijuana.

That's because an effort is underway at the state Legislature to end unregulated production and retail sale of psychoactive forms of hemp, even as the state's highly restrictive medical marijuana program,

What they’re all screaming about is, ‘We want regulation, but we want it the way we want it.'” By Jasper Scherer, The Texas Tribune Six years after Texas lawmakers inadvertently triggered the state’s booming consumable hemp market,

Dozens of witnesses warned a Texas Senate panel of what they said were potential unintended economic and health consequences of a ban on THC in Texas.