{"id":228298,"date":"2026-03-31T08:53:08","date_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:53:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228298\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T08:53:08","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T08:53:08","slug":"texas-smoke-shops-rush-to-clear-shelves-before-tuesdays-hemp-ban","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/228298\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas smoke shops rush to clear shelves before Tuesday\u2019s hemp ban"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\">BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; Smoke shops across Texas will have to pull all smokable hemp products off their shelves on Tuesday as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/03\/24\/texas-will-ban-smokeable-hemp-cannabis-march-31-heres-what-you-need-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.kbtx.com\/2026\/03\/24\/texas-will-ban-smokeable-hemp-cannabis-march-31-heres-what-you-need-know\/\">a state ban takes effect.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The move by lawmakers closes existing loopholes that made it possible for shops to sell those products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Hemp was legalized nationwide in 2018. Texas followed, opening the door for smoke shops to sell edibles and smokable products.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In 2025, lawmakers tried to pass a full ban on smokable hemp during the 89th legislative session, but some proposals did not pass, leaving loopholes in place.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">In September 2025, a THC vape crackdown forced shops to pull all vape products made overseas.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">State rules are now closing any remaining loopholes, making smoke shops remove smokable hemp products entirely.<\/p>\n<p>Shop owners prepare for changes<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Smoken Joe\u2019s owner Joe Huckstep is preparing for the ban. In September, Huckstep cleared his shelves of all disposable vape products made overseas, and now those shelves will be emptier. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019re gonna be here all night hanging out, selling what I have left, which isn\u2019t much, but it\u2019s enough,\u201d Huckstep said Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">While smokable hemp like flower and pre-rolls will no longer be sold in Texas, edibles and THC drinks will still be available for purchase.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">\u201cWe\u2019ve been doing this for thirty years, so honestly, I never thought I\u2019d be selling these products,\u201d Huckstep added. \u201cIt was fun while it lasted, and we are going to make it another thirty years.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"copyright |\">Copyright 2026 KBTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BRYAN, Texas (KBTX) &#8211; Smoke shops across Texas will have to pull all smokable hemp products off their&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":228299,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[254,2055,2060,2058,2057,2059,2061,27,29,28,2056],"class_list":{"0":"post-228298","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-texas","8":"tag-breaking-news","9":"tag-breaking-news-video","10":"tag-live-speeches","11":"tag-live-updates","12":"tag-live-video","13":"tag-press-conference","14":"tag-real-time-coverage","15":"tag-texas","16":"tag-texas-headlines","17":"tag-texas-news","18":"tag-video-updates"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228298","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=228298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/228298\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/228299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=228298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=228298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=228298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}