Target has rolled out THC beverages at nearly every Texas location, according to the company.
The retailer confirmed the beverages have been available at Lone Star State stores since May 10.
Target carries the following brands for customers 21 and older:
This comes amid a court battle over hemp-THC regulations in Texas and as a federal ban on such products approaches in November.
The legal landscape for hemp-THC products is up in the air in Texas and across the country.
In Texas, the future of smokable hemp hinges on a legal battle out of Travis County. There, hemp organizations and businesses have filed suit against state officials over new regulations that could ban smokable products and impose higher fees on retailers and manufacturers.
At the federal level, new rules for hemp products are set to take effect as part of a government funding bill signed by President Donald Trump last year. The rules would impose new THC potency restrictions that would see many products banned.
However, according to the U.S. Hemp Roundtable, a coalition of different hemp companies and organizations across the country, the White House recently sent a funding request to Congress regarding the looming ban.
In the request sent to Congress, Russell T. Vought, director of the United States Office of Management and Budget, asks that regulation be changed “to ensure the fair treatment of hemp products.”
More specifically, the request seeks to have hemp products regulated in a way consistent with rules proposed by Congressman Andy Barr in the House Rules Committee.
Barr’s proposal would protect hemp products that are currently set to be banned come November.
At a minimum, Vought’s funding request asks Congress to delay the incoming federal ban.
It is still uncertain how Congress will respond to the request.